Murder Flashcards
0
Q
Unlawful killing
A
Martin
1
Q
What is this offence?
A
The unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the queens peace with either express or implied Malice a forethought as defined in common law by lord coke
2
Q
Reasonable creature in being
A
Death malachrek and steel brain stem dead
Life independent and wholly expelled agr n 3/1994
3
Q
Under the queens peace
A
Clegg must be declared
4
Q
Causation must be proven
A
Legal and factual
5
Q
Express malice afore thought
A
Intention or direct intention to kill
Mohan
Woollin and Matthews and allyene states that it provides evidence which intent can be found from but not actual intention
6
Q
Implied malice aforethought
A
Indirect intention or direct intention to cause gbh
Dpp v smith
Vickers
