1. Voluntary Nature Of Actus Reus Flashcards
If the defendant has no control over their _____ then there is no _____ ___.
Actions
Actus Reus
The act or omission must be ______ on the part of the _______.
Voluntary
Defendant
What case was this? - judge explained if a driver has a heart attack or is stung by a swarm of bees then they are not doing the act of driving voluntarily and therefore could not be held criminally liable.
Hill v Baxter
Some rare cases of conviction where defendant has not acted _______. These are known as ‘_____ __ _____’ cases.
Voluntarily
States of Affairs
What case is this? - a woman was deported from uk and went to Ireland. In Ireland she was deported back to Uk where she was arrested for being there illegally.
Larsonneur