Criminal defences Flashcards

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Automatism

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Unconscious or involuntary conduct

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Consent

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Victim consented to the accused act

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Dress/compulsion

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The accused has been compelled to act by threats. He, or she believes at the time of committing the offence that the threats will be carried out.

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4
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Entrapment

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When law-enforcement induces a person to commit a crime that the person would’ve unlikely committed

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5
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Intoxication

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Is not a defence to a criminal charge can alter sentencing and given assets of circumstances

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Mental disorder(three elements must be present at crime use as a defence)

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  1. Natural imbecility: a person’s mental development isn’t complete.
  2. Disease of a mind: schizophrenia, dementia, and paranoia
  3. Inability to appreciate the nature and quality of one act.
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Provocation

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A wrongful actor insult that was sufficient enough to deprive, reasonable person self-control control

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Self-defence

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Accused must prove that there was no other way to escape except by using force

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