Intoxication - Legal Principle Flashcards

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DPP v Beard
R v Sheehan & Moore

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Voluntary Intoxication MAY negate mens rea for specific intent offences

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AG Northern Ireland

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Drunken intent is still intent

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R v Majewski

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Voluntarily taking intoxicating substances is reckless and satisfies mens rea of Basic Intent offences

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R v Kingston

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Intent with involuntary intoxication is still intent

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R v Lipman

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A mistake due to intoxication which affects mens rea will provide a defence for specific intent offences but not basic.

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R v O’Grady
R v Hatton

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Excessive force used in self-defence as a result of intoxication is not a defence.

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Jaggard v Dickinson

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Mistaken act against property due to intoxication but with genuine belief act was consensual is a defence.

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