Conduct Endangering Life

Question 1

Outline the elements of the offence

s22 Conduct endangering life

CRIMES ACT 1958

Answer 1

s22 Conduct endangering life

CRIMES ACT 1958

1. Acc [describe relevant conduct]; and
2. Acc voluntarily committed that conduct; and
3. a reasonable person would have realised that the conduct placed, or may have placed, another person at an appreciable risk of death; and
4. Acc acted recklessly, because s/he foresaw that an appreciable risk of death was a probable consequence of that conduct; and
5. Acc acted without lawful excuse or authority.