Criminal Law Second Term Flashcards
DPP for NI v Lynch on MR
No intent needed, just knowldge
R v Hasan
Prostitute’s boyfriend
For s.6, does R v Wood have the necessary MR?
He thought it abandoned so no
R v Mitchell
Post office; transferred malice of dangerous act
R v Kingston
Intoxicated paedo
What case shows that it is irrelevant if V was happy for duty to be neglected?
R v Wacker
Why was a defence necessary in Re A?
Because of indirect intention
In which soft law instrument does it state that there needs to be a statistical link between the risks created by drinking and those created by D’s acts?
Modal Penal Code
R v Powell and English on fundamental difference
HoL found tenable argument that should have gone to the jury if wood is fundamentally different to a knife
What did Matthews and Alleyne highlight about indirect intention?
Jury must be told about discretion under Woollin
What are the two partial defences to murder?
Diminished responsibility and loss of control
R v Vinall
Bicycles at bus stop
What does the case of Diestchemann tell us about the causation of an abnormality?
Need not be the only reason, just substantial
When does Majewski not apply to basic intent (Brady)?
When D would have done the same sober
What is the basic definition of theft?
Dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it
R v Velumyl
Company director
Why do Horder and McGowan prefer GNMS to UAMS?
Not limited specific non-fatal offence against V
Who argues that there should be a margin of sympathy for doctors under indirect intent?
Ashworth, “Criminal Liability in a Medical Context”
What section of Theft Act provides a get out, usually when it’s a gift?
S.3(2)
What is the only difference between s.18 and murder?
Chance outcome of death
R v Mitchell on s.6?
Court distinguished between hiding and leaving the object in an obvious place
R v Sutcliffe
Experts concluded together but still convicted
Who argued for an exclusionary effect of the insanity defence?
Child and Sullivan, “When does the Insanity Defence Apply?”
What case outlines the definition of a ‘human being’?
Attorney-General’s Reference (No.3 of 1994)
Why was R v Lloyd not a permanent deprivation?
Object still had virtue
Ratio in Watson?
Entire act need not be dangerous
What case showed that the question of whether condition was ‘significant’ for DR is left to the jury?
R v Khan
R v Clarkson
Barracks rape and friends
Lawrence v MPC on s.3
P deliberately omitted ‘without the consent of the owner’
What section is diminished responsibility under in CJA?
S.52
What judge in particular considered private defence?
Ward LJ
What did Hale suggest in Hasan to look after battered women?
Limit to forcing others to do criminal acts, suggesting Law Com’s suggestion of associating ‘without reasonable excuse
What are the three main elements of insanity?
1) defect of reason, (2) from disease of the mind (3) so as (a) not to know nature/quality of act OR (b) know it was wrong
Ratio in Dawson?
Not with hindsight
What case shows that diminished responsibility is not the same as insanity due to needing MR?
R v Byrne
What does the case of DPP for NI v Maxwell say?
Can infer from the fact you know P to be terrorists that weapons will be involved
R v Mitchell
Stolen car
R v Bailey
Pipe to batter wife’s lover
DPP for NI v Lynch
IRA hijacked
What does Hasan say primarily in duress by threats?
You cannot voluntarily associate with someone you know or ought to know uses threats to force others to do things
What does Keown believe was confused in Bland?
Sanctity of life and vitalism
What does Beckford v R show?
Most responses are reasonable if you believe your life to be in danger
What did Steyn reject in Hinks?
Appropriates is preceded by ‘unlawfully’
Carter v Richardson
Driving instructor and other drunk
who suggested the number of NGRI verdicts is levelling out?
Mackay “Ten More Years of the Insanity Defence”
Why was automatism refused as a defence in Coley?
Enough control to find the key
R v Pittwood
Train crossing
Tuck v Robson
After hours in pub (aid and abet)
What case shows that an omission cannot form a UA for UAMS?
Lowe
R v Burgess
Sleepwalking without external event so insanity
What Act covers theft and in what sections?
The Theft Act 1968, s.1-6
What are the elements of unlawful act manslaughter?
D committed an unlawful act, it was ‘dangerous’ and it ‘caused’ the death of V
What does R v Turner show about s.5?
You can steal your own property
Beckford v R
Policeman and brother gun
R v Safi
Hijack plane
Who gave the test for dishonesty in Ghosh?
Lord Lane CJ
R v Gnango on victim rule
Victims are capable of assisting offences against them
What case shows duress by threats is never a defence to murder?
R v Howe
R v Marshall
Ticket tout; travelcards belonged to LU
What case enforces the fact that the threat for duress needs to be of death/serious harm (e.g. Moriarty v Brookes –> Piercing skin)?
R v Dao
National Coal Board v Gamble on MR
Overweight lorry; knowledge, not intent
What is the MR for murder?
D needs to have intended death or GBH (R v Cunningham)
What did Mustill say to show his concern with adjudicating Bland?
‘proper subject for legal adjudication’?
R v Navabi
insufficient funds not theft because purely contractual right for bank to pay
Carter v Richardson on MR
A must realise D will commit with necessary MR
What did Ashworth suggest about 2nd degree murder under Law Com proposals?
May need a new label or juries may be way to convict under it
R v Asmelash
‘General’ in s.54(3) only applies to permanent disorder; can’t consider voluntary intoxication
Who in Hasan was concerned about battered women under duress by threats?
Hale
R v Hall
Travel agent
R v Yemoh
Manslaughter instead of murder
R v Pommell
Firearm friend suicide
What case shows Brennan not being followed in DR?
R v Sutcliffe
Which case, according to Rogers, conflicts fundamentally with Kennedy?
Evans
R v Hinks on s.2 dishonesty
Dolphin may still have consented to Hinks taking
Why was there no duty to continue treatment in Re B?
He rejected it
What was direction on intent at time of abandonment only sufficient for in R v Vinall?
Theft, not robbery
R v T
Rape and robbery; PTSD
R v Kohn
Steal whilst not in overdraft, but not when in it
Which case showed the courts rejecting voluntary intoxication and then deciding on a clan acquittal, despite liability for insanity?
R v Harris
R v Calhaem
C hired hitman, hammer
R v Dix
Reputable medical evidence
R v Dietschemann
Drunk, elderly aunt
What did the court reject in Bland as a possible route?
Expanding Re F
Why did the court reject expanding Re F in Bland?
He had no best interests of any kind
What section of what statute governs for self defence?
S.73 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
R v Bainbridge on MR
Can be liable if oxygen equipment used to steal but unlikely for assault as not in contemplation
A-G of Jersey v Holley
Depression; provocation. No mental disorder should be considered.
In what act can the two partial defences to murder be found?
Coroners and Justice Act 2003
R v Briggs
Elderly relatives moving close
What case shows that if you create a dangerous situation you may have a duty to V?
R v Evans
R v Bailey
Nickel loan; looked at Ghosh too soon when agreement in law
R v Hinks
Short sliver of time to give contemporaneity
R v Bainbridge
Oxygen equipment for safes
R v Bryce
Caravan; aiding by bringing him into company
Why was it decided that they could turn off the machine in Bland?
No hope, best interests have gone so no duty to keep him alive
Why was Hardie not a case of intoxication?
Didn’t realise he would become intoxicated
R v Clarkson on MR for accessories
Requires intent that presence assists
A-G Ref (No.3 of 2004)
Mobster, shot in air, fundamentally different
What should the trial judge not have said in Woollin?
‘substantial risk’ because blurs line between MS and murder
R v Adomako
Eye anaesthetist; oxygen
What was the UA in Meeking?
Road Traffic Act
R v Shayler
MI5 plots
What do the cases of Tuck v Robson and R v Webster show D has a duty to do in order to avoid aiding and abetting?
Stop a crime if they have the power
What is the moral equivalent thesis of 1st degree murder under Law Com proposals?
Awareness of significant risk is equal to intending, so both are applicable.
What was decided in R v Velumyl under s.6?
Needs to pay back the exact money he took to not be guilty
What case shows you can rely on intoxication as a way to prove lack of MR?
R v Lipman
What is the direction in Golds on effect of abnormality?
Must be more than ‘trivial or minimal’
What does Clinton say about infidelity for loss of control?
If it was the only cause , no defence , but usually a range
R v Hardie
Valium, fire
What case shows that D needs to directly intend the outcome to have direct intention; i.e. not just appear to be helping?
R v Steane
What does Rogers say about necessity and P?
Necessity challenges the supremacy of P
R v Saunders and Archer
Poison apple for wife but son
What section does R v Gilks fall under?
S.5: obtained property by mistake and duty to restore
R v Bryce on MR of accessories
Didn’t need to know P would go through with it, just a real possibility
R v Hatton
Sledgehammer, martial arts
Who said the degree of foresight is high enough to be sufficiently close to culpability associated with murder?
Rogers
R v Cheshire on causing the death?
Only need logical link, regardless of intervention
R v Oye
Devil constables
In what case were the points in C v DPP so important as to mean no defence of necessity was given?
R v Nicklinson
Ratio in Calhaem?
Not necessary to show counselling was a substantial cause of offence
What case shows breach must create an obvious risk of death to the reasonable person?
R v Misra
R v Codere
Knew it was unlawful
R v Rahman on accessory and acting outside common purpose
Rodger considers if P and D want to kill A, but P kills BDEF, D only liable for A
R v Lowe
Neglect
Why was the case of Quick automatism?
Caused not by disease (insanity) but by insulin (automatism)
Re A
Surgical separation
What is an additional defence under duress by circumstance?
S.31 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
R v Wood
Abandoned; honest unreasonable belief owner was gone
R v Pitham and Mehl
Trying to sell furniture; guilty of assumption
R v Tyrrell
Underage sex; can’t convict V because protected
Oxford v Moss
Exam paper
R v Gomez on consent in s.3
It is irrelevant for indefeasible or voidable title
Edwards v Ddin
Petrol in car; no MR at time of appropriation
R v Dowds
Drunk and wife
R v Morris
Switched labels
Who highlights that 1st degree murder under the Law Commission’s Recommendations for Homicide Law Reform confirms to ‘moral equivalence thesis’?
Ashworth