Elements Of A Crime Flashcards

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Actus Reus

Conduct/actions

A

Conduct must be voluntary
Hill v Baxter
Drive into someone

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Actus Reus
Omissions
Contractual

A

R v Pittwood

Didn’t close the rail gates and he died

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Actus Reus
Omissions
Relationship

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R v Gibbons and Proctor

Starved the daughter

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Actus Reus
Omissions
Causing a chain of events

A

R v Miller

Set light to a building and moved and went back to sleep

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Actus Reus
Omissions
Voluntary assumption of duty

A

R v Stone and Dobinson

Fell in love and didn’t look after his nan

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Actus Reus
Omissions
Position in public office

A

R v Dytham

Police officer watched a fight an didn’t help

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State of Affairs

A certain situation exists

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R v Larsonneur

Immigrant from France to uk to Ireland to uk

Winzar v Chief Constable of Kent
Was drunk on highway

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Causation

Factual

A

Pagett v White

Human shield of his wife

But for test

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Causation
Legal
Operative and substantial

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De minimus Rule

R v Cheshire

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Causation
Legal
Think skull rule

A

R v Blaue
Was stabbed and didn’t want a blood transfusion as she was a jehovs witness
D was prosectured for her murder

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Causation

Chain of Causation

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No intervening acts to break the chain

R v Roberts

Rape in car so she jumped out

R v Williams

Trying to steal his wallet and he jumped out

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Men’s rea

Direct intention

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Setting out/ aiming to cause the consequence

R v Mohan drives into policeman on purpose

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Men’s rea

Indirect/oblique intention

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Consequence of D’s action is a virtual certainty and D realises this
R v Woollin
Threw his baby and it died

Matthews and Alleyene

Threw the victim into a river knowing he couldn’t swim an he drowns

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Men’s rea

Recklessness

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D realise that his actions involve a risk but carries on regardless

R v Cunningham
Ripped off a gas meter and poisoned his neighbour

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Transferred malice

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When a crime is carried out in a different way to that intended, the mens rea moves across
R v Latimer
attacked some one with his belt but It hit someone else

R v Pemblinton
Threw a stone at someone but it. But a window instead and intention can’t be transferred to property

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Coincidence

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Actus Reus and mens rea must conincide

Fagan v MPC R v Thabo-Meli
Intended to kill v attacked him and threw him off a cliff but he died later Tom exposeure

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Strict liability

Crimes which only require actus reus so there is no mens rea needed

A

Callow v Tillstone

Selling meat that was checked but wasn’t safe

18
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Sweet v Parsley

Strict liability

A

Teacher lent farmhouse to students where they smoked cannabis
Mens rea is needed

19
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B v DPP

A

Boy was 15 and girl was 13 he asked for a blowjob

Wasn’t charged as it has a huge stigma

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Strict liability where public safety in concerned

A

Harrow LBC v Shah

News agent selling under age people lottery tickets without meaning to and was charged as it concerned underaged gambling

Smedleys v Breed

Pea manufacturing and a women found a catilpillar in her tin
Under food and drugs act for selling unfit food for human consumption