Voluntary Act Manslaughter Flashcards
Unlawful Act
death must be caused by an unlawful act, which must be a criminal offence
R v Lamb
an ommission cannot be an unlawful act
R v Lowe
and criminal offence will suffice
R v Church
unlawful act must be dangerous on an objective test
R v Larkin
risk only needs to be of ‘some harm’
R v Goodfellow
harm does not need to be aimed at a victim
R v JM and SM
sober and reasonable person would foresee some harm
Causation cases
R v Pagett/White - factual
R v Roberts
R v Jordan
Think skull principle
R Blaue- D takes the victim as they found them
DPP v Newbery and Jones
defendant mas mens rea for the unlawful act
does not need to realise act is unlawful or dangerous
Direct intention
Indirect intention
R v Mohan
R v Woolin
ALI drugs
Cato
R v Kennedy
-d and v injected each other with drugs
- the intervening act is the self injection of drugs
