Drugs & Arson - definitions/case law Flashcards
1
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Define - Reckless
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A conscious and deliberate taking of an unjustified risk.
2
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Reckless - R v HARNEY
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Recklessness involves foresight of dangerous consequences that could well happen together with an intention to continue the course of conduct regardless of the risk.
3
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Damage - R v ARCHER
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Property can be damaged if it suffers permanent or temporary physical harm or permanent or temporary impairment of its use of value.
4
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Knowledge - SIMESTER & BROOKBANKS, Principles of Criminal Law
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Knowing means ‘correctly believing’…the defendant may believe something wrongly, but cannot “know” something that is false.
