Criminal Law Second Term Flashcards
(342 cards)
DPP for NI v Lynch on MR
No intent needed, just knowldge
R v Hasan
Prostitute’s boyfriend
For s.6, does R v Wood have the necessary MR?
He thought it abandoned so no
R v Mitchell
Post office; transferred malice of dangerous act
R v Kingston
Intoxicated paedo
What case shows that it is irrelevant if V was happy for duty to be neglected?
R v Wacker
Why was a defence necessary in Re A?
Because of indirect intention
In which soft law instrument does it state that there needs to be a statistical link between the risks created by drinking and those created by D’s acts?
Modal Penal Code
R v Powell and English on fundamental difference
HoL found tenable argument that should have gone to the jury if wood is fundamentally different to a knife
What did Matthews and Alleyne highlight about indirect intention?
Jury must be told about discretion under Woollin
What are the two partial defences to murder?
Diminished responsibility and loss of control
R v Vinall
Bicycles at bus stop
What does the case of Diestchemann tell us about the causation of an abnormality?
Need not be the only reason, just substantial
When does Majewski not apply to basic intent (Brady)?
When D would have done the same sober
What is the basic definition of theft?
Dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it
R v Velumyl
Company director
Why do Horder and McGowan prefer GNMS to UAMS?
Not limited specific non-fatal offence against V
Who argues that there should be a margin of sympathy for doctors under indirect intent?
Ashworth, “Criminal Liability in a Medical Context”
What section of Theft Act provides a get out, usually when it’s a gift?
S.3(2)
What is the only difference between s.18 and murder?
Chance outcome of death
R v Mitchell on s.6?
Court distinguished between hiding and leaving the object in an obvious place
R v Sutcliffe
Experts concluded together but still convicted
Who argued for an exclusionary effect of the insanity defence?
Child and Sullivan, “When does the Insanity Defence Apply?”
What case outlines the definition of a ‘human being’?
Attorney-General’s Reference (No.3 of 1994)