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ATTEMPT: What are the three elements of an attempt offence?

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  • intent (mens rea) to commit an offence
  • act (actus reus) that they did, or omitted to do, something to achieve that end
  • proximity - that their act or omission was sufficiently close
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R v Ring

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In this case the offenders intent was to steal property by putting his hand into the pocket of the victim. Unbeknown to the offender, the pocket was empty. Despite this he was able to be convicted of attempted theft, because the intent to steal whatever property might have been discovered inside the pocket was present in his mind and demonstrated by his action. The remaining elements were also satisfied.

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ATTEMPT: Explain what is meant by ‘acts must be sufficiently proximate to the full offence’:

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The accused must have started to commit the full offence and have gone beyond the phase of mere preparation, this is the ‘all but’ rule.

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ATTEMPT: What are some examples of acts that may constitute an attempt to commit an offence?

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  • lying in wait searching for or following the contemplated victim
  • enticing the victim to go to the scene of the contemplated crime
  • reconnoitring the scene of the contemplated crime
  • unlawfully entering a structure, vehicle or enclosure in which it is contemplated that the crime will be committed
  • possessing, collecting, or fabricating materials to be employed in the commission of the crime
  • soliciting an innocent agent to engage in conduct constituting an element of the crime
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ATTEMPT: Can a person still be charged with an attempt when an act is physically or factually impossible?

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Yes, as they acted with criminal intent.

Suspects may be unable to commit the offence due to interruption, ineptitude, or any other circumstances beyond their control eg. a person failing to force open a door due to being to weak or they were interrupted by attending Police.

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AATF: What does an “offence” mean?

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Any act or omission that is punishable on conviction under any enactment, and are demarcated info four categories within S6, Criminal Procedures Act 2011.

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R v Crooks

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Knowledge means actual knowledge or belief in the sense of having no real doubt that the person assisted was a party to the relevant offence. Mere suspicion of their involvement in the offence is insufficient.

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R v Briggs

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As with a receiving charge under S246(1), knowledge may also be inferred from wilful blindness or a deliberate abstention from making inquiries that would confirm the suspected truth.

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PERJ: Explain what is held under S113 CA1961 - Fabricating evidence.

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Everyone is liable to 7 yers who, with intent to mislead any tribunal holding any judicial proceeding to which section 108 applies, fabricates evidence by any means other than perjury.

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What are the elements of perjury?

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  • a witness making any
  • assertion as to any matter of fact, opinion, belief, or knowledge
  • in any judicial proceeding
  • forming part of that witness’s evidence on oath
  • known by that witness to be false, and
  • intended to mislead the tribunal
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PERJ: What is an opinion?

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Opinion, in relation to a statement offered in evidence means a statement of opinion that tends to prove or disprove a fact.

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PERJ: Under the Evidence Act 2006 (S24), what are some examples of opinion evidence that a witness may give?

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  • apparent age
  • identity
  • speed
  • physical and emotional state of people
  • condition of articles (worn, used, or new)
  • whether a person is under the influence of drink

‘A witness may state an opinion in evidence in a proceeding if that opinion is necessary to enable the witness to communicate, or the fact-finder to understand, what the witness saw, herd, or otherwise perceived’

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PERJ: When is the offence of perjury complete? And is there a defence?

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At the time the false evidence is given accompanied by an intention to mislead the tribunal. There is no defence where the witness later recants and informs the tribunal of the falsity of the earlier evidence given.

There must be an intention to mislead the tribunal, where this intention is absent, no offence is committed.

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PERJ: What are NINE examples of misleading justice under S116 & S117?

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  • preventing a witness from testifying
  • wilfully going absent as a witness
  • threatening or bribing witnesses
  • concealing the fact an offence has been committed
  • intentionally giving Police false information to obstruct their enquiries
  • supplying false information to probation officers
  • assisting a wanted person to leave the country
  • arranging a false alibi
  • threatening or bribing jury members
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PERJ: When may you commence a prosecution for perjury?

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Where it is recommended by the Courts or you are directed to do so by the Commissioner of Police. You may however, begin enquiries into an allegation of perjury without reference to the Court or Commissioner of Police.

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How can complaints of perjury arise?

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  • an individual may complain that someone has perjured themselves
  • a judge may state or direct in a court recommendation that the Police undertake inquiries into the truth of the evidence given by a witness
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REC: What are the elements of receiving?

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  • act of receiving
  • any property stolen, or
  • obtained by any other imprisonable offence
  • knowing that at the time of receiving the property that it had been stolen or obtained by any other imprisonable offence, or
  • being reckless as to whether or not the property had been stolen or so obtained
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REC: What are the three elements required to satisfy the act of receiving?

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  • there must be property which has been stolen or has been obtained by an imprisonable offence
  • the defendant must have ‘received’ that property, which requires that the receiving must be from another (you cannot receive from yourself)
  • the defendant must receive that property in the knowledge that it has been stolen or illegally obtained, or being reckless as to that possibility
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REC: Under S246(3)

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The act of receiving any property stolen or obtained by any other imprisonable offence is complete as soon s the offender has, with exclusively or jointly with the the or another person, possession of, or control over, the property or helps in concealing or disposing of the property.

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R v Cullen

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There are four elements of possession for receiving:

  • awareness that the item is where it is
  • awareness that the item was stolen
  • actual or potential control of that item
  • an intention to exercise that control over the item
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REC: What must the prosecutor prove un order to establish a person has exercised control over an item?

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The prosecution must prove the receiver arranged for the property to be delivered there, or alternatively, that on discovering the property, he or she intentionally exercised control over it. Intent to possess the property must also be satisfied.

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R v Donnelly

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Where stolen property has been returned to the owner or legal title to the property has been acquired by any person, it is not an offence to subsequently receive it, even though the receiver may know the the property had previously been stolen or dishonestly obtained.

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REC: Define property

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Property includes real and personal property, and any estate or interest in any real and personal property, money, electricity, and any debt, and anything in action, and any other right or interest.

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REC: What is the concept of title? (define title)

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A right or claim to the ownership of property. Title or ownership of a thing is the legal right to possession of that thing.

If property is obtained by deception, the offenders gets possession and title, however there are limitations to that title.

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REC: What is voidable title?

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Title that has been obtained by deception is ‘voidable title’. It means that the title can be avoided by the seller (complainant). Although the title is voidable, it is still title.

If an innocent buyer bought the property off the deceiver, they acquire good title. If the title has been voided prior to the innocent buyer purchasing the item, they do not acquire title to the goods.

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REC: How do you avoid title?

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  • communicate directly with the deceiver
  • taking all reasonable and possible steps to bring it to the deceivers notice, eg. sending them a letter
  • advising Police of the circumstances of the deception
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R v Kennedy

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The guilty knowledge that the thing has been stolen or dishonestly obtained must exist at the time of receiving.

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R v Harney

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Recklessness means the conscious and deliberate taking of an unjustified risk. In NZ, it involves proof that the consequence complained of could well happened, together with an intention to continue the course of conduct regardless of risk.

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REC: what are some examples of circumstantial evidence of guilty knowledge?

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  • possession of recent stolen property
  • nature of the property, i.e type, value, quantity
  • purchase at a gross undervalue
  • secrecy in receiving the property
  • receipt of goods at an unusual time, place, or way
  • concealment of property to avoid discovery
  • removal of identifying marks or features
  • steps taken to disguise property, ie removal/altering of serial numbers or painting
  • lack of original packaging
  • type of person goods are received from
  • mode of payment
  • absence of receipt were receipt would usually be issued
  • false statements as to the source of the goods
  • false statement as to the date of acquisition
  • nature of explanation given, eg. false or inconsistent or no reasonable explanation
  • false denial of knowledge, existence etc.
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REC: Explain what the doctrine of recent possession means?

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The doctoring applies ONLY in case where the defendant is found in possession of the property recently stolen or obtained dishonestly.

In circumstances where a person is found in possession of stolen property reasonable soon after the theft, an inference may be drawn that the person in possession either stole the property or received it from the thief.

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REC: Where does the doctrine of recent possession have no application?

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To the concealing or disposition of property.

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ML: Define ‘offence’ under S243 CA1961 (Money Laundering)

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Offence: means an offence (or any offence described as a crime) that is punishable under NZ law, including any act, wherever committed, that would be an offence in NZ if committed in NZ.

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ML: Money Laundering, S243(2) CA1961, defines the actual offence of MONEY LAUNDERING. What is it?

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  • 7 years who,
  • in respect to any property that is the proceeds an offence,
  • engages in a money laundering transaction,
  • knowing or believing that all or part of the property is the proceeds of an offence,
  • or being reckless as to whether or not the property is the proceeds of crime
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CP: Define tainted property

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Under S5 of the Criminal Proceeds (Recover) Act 2009

Tainted property means any property that has, wholly or in part, been -

  • acquired as a result of significant criminal activity; or
  • directly or indirectly derived from significant criminal; activity; and

Includes any property that has been acquired as a result of, or directly or indirectly derived from, more than 1 activity if at least 1 of those activities is a significant criminal activity

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CP: Define ‘qualifying instrument forfeiture offence’

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Under S5 of the Criminal Proceeds (Recover) Act 2009

Qualifying instrument forfeiture offence means an offence punishable by 5 years or more; and
- includes an attempt to commit, conspiring to commit, or being an accessory to an offence if the max term of imprisonment for that attempt, conspiracy, or activity is 5 years or more

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CP: Under S7 Criminal Proceeds (Recover) Act 2009, outlines the meaning of unlawful benefited from significant criminal activity. What is explained?

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In this act, unless the context otherwise requires, a person has unlawful benefited from significant criminal activity if the person has knowingly, directly, or indirectly, derived a benefit from significant criminal activity (whether or not that person undertook or was involved in the significant criminal activity)

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CP: Before an application to restrain an instrument of crime, an assessment process is required. What are the four things to determine?

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  1. the value of the asset
  2. equity of the asset
  3. any third party interest in the asset
  4. the cost of action in respect of the asset
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CP: What is required in the affidavit for an application to restrain an instrument of crime?

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  • Officer in charge details
  • Offenders - details, charges, and criminal convictions
  • Search Warrant - describe the nature of the offending discovered at or involving the asset concerned. Where the value of the asset is high, you need to demonstrate that the offending was at more of a commercial level
  • Admissions made during interview(s)
  • Property - describe prop sought to be restrained and its value. Show that the offender owns, has custody, or control over that property
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ML: When interviewing a suspect about money laundering or where proceeds recovery action is to be considered, what are some questions to be considered?

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  • suspects legitimate income
  • suspects illegitimate income
  • expenditure
  • assets
  • liabilities
  • obtaining financial records (banks, financing companies, loan sharks, family trust documents)
  • clarification of documentary evidence located, as per above
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PERJ: What is a witness? RTS.

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A witness is a person that has given evidence as part of judicial tribunal and is able to be cross examined. It may also include a person who is about to give evidence.

RTS: Lisa is a witness as she is giving evidence at a JAT and she is subject to cross examination.

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PERJ: What is an assertion?

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It is something declared or stated positively.

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PERJ: What is a matter of fact? RTS.

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Something that has occurred. This includes a past event or fact that has happened.

RTS: Lisa tells the Court she did not seize the items. This is a matter of fact.

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PERJ: What is a judicial proceeding? RTS.

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It is any type of court proceeding. It includes giving evidence by a visual audio link from another country.

RTS: Lisa is participating in a JAT witch is a judicial proceeding.

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PERJ: What is evidence?

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Evidence can be given in several ways including in person in court or by an alternative way such as with screen, by an audio or visual link, DVD etc or by other way provided for under this act.

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PERJ: What is an Oath? RTS.

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An oath is a declaration before a person who has authority to administer an oath and says whether a things true or right. An oath and an affirmation are deemed to have equal bearing.

Lisa is giving evidence personally in court, She has affirmed her intention to tell the truth.

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PERJ: What is knowing? RTS.

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Knowing means knowing or correctly believing. The belief must be a correct one, where the belief is wrong, someone cannot know.

Lisa knows by saying she never seized the drug items, when in fact she knows she did but she just lost them.

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PERJ: Explain a persons intention to mislead the tribunal. RTS.

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The defendants intention must be to mislead the tribunal. Where that intention does not exist, no offence has been committed. Intent involves two elements, intention to commit the act, and an intention to get a specified result.

Lisa makes an assertion she never seized the drug items which is false, and she knows it is false. Her intention is to mislead the tribunal due to her fearing she will be regarded as a slacker.

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What is S66(1) CA1961?

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Attempts:
S66(1) Every one is a party to and guilty of an offence who -
(a) actually commits the offence; or
(b) does or omits an act for the purpose of aiding any person to commit the offence; or
(c) abets any person in the commission of the offence; or
(d) incites, counsels, or procures any person to commit the offence

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What is S66(2) CA1961?

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Attempts:
66(2) Where 2 or more persons form a common intention to prosecute any unlawful purpose, and to assist each other therein, each of them is a party to every offence committed by any one of them in the prosecution of the common purpose if the commission of that offence was known to be a probable consequence of the prosecution of the common purpose.

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AATF: What knowledge must the person have at the time of assisting another person?

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  1. that an offence has been committed AND
  2. the person they are assisting was a party (principal or secondary) to that offence
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ATTEMPT: Define incites

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To rouse up, stir up, stimulate, animate, urge. eg. a sports fan.

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A man who has an intent to commit a burglary and visits the commercial premise several times to scope the CCTV out, what is he guilty of?

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He isn’t guilty of anything as he hasn’t gone beyond mere preparation to commit the full offence.

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