Murder and Voluntary Manslaughter Flashcards

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What is the mens rea of murder?

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Malice aforehtought, either express or implied

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What does express malice mean?

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Intention to kill

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What does implied malice mean?

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Intention to cause grievous bodily harm (Smith)

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Which two cases show that intention to cause GBH is sufficient for murder?

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Vickers and Cunningham

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The actus reus of murder is ‘the unlawful killing of a r______ person in being under the Q______ peace’

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Reasonable, Queen’s

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True or false: the killing can be done through an act or an omission

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True

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When will oblique intention be introduced?

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Where there is no clear signs of intention to kill or cause GBH

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What is first part of the virtual certainty test?

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Is the death a virtually certain consequence of D’s actions?

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Who is D compared to in the second part of the virtual certainty test?

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The reasonable person

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10
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Both f_____ and l_____ causation must be proved for murder

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Factual (White, Pagett), legal (Smith, Cheshire)

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s__(1) - ‘where a person kills or is part to the killing of another, they shall not be convicted of murder if’; D’s a____ or o_____ resulted from a total loss of _____.

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54, acts, omissions, control

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What does the case of Charles tell us about the defence of loss of control?

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The deliberate nature of injuries showed control, so there was no defence

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The rule that a ‘considered desire for revenge’ will provide no defence comes from which case?

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Jewell

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What are the two qualifying triggers for loss of control?

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Fear and anger

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Fear trigger: ‘Fear of v_____ against D or a_____’ (W___)

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Violence, another, (Ward)

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The anger trigger is ‘a thing said or done which’?

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Constitutes circumstances of extremely grave character and causes D to have a justifiable sense of being seriously wronged

17
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‘Sexual infidelity is to be d______ unless it provides the c____ in which another t_____ operates’ (C____)

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Disregarded, context, trigger, (Clinton)

18
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Give an example of a control characteristic which cannot be considered in loss of control

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PTSD (Rejmanski), alcoholism, depression (McGrory)

19
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What is the normal person’s test for loss of control? (s54(1)(c))

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Would a person of D’s sex and age with a normal degree of tolerance and self-restraint have acted in the same or similar way?

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Circumstances which relate solely to D’s t______ and s___-r_______ will not be considered unless they are the target of the provocation.

A

Tolerance, self-restraint

21
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Name the 1st key ingredient in diminished responsibility

A

The abnormality of mental functioning must arise from a recognised medical condition

22
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An abnormality of mental functioning is described in B____ as ‘a s___ of mental functioning so different from that of o____ human beings that the r_____ m__ would term it a_____’

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Byrne, state, ordinary, reasonable man, abnormal

23
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What was the recognised medical condition in the case of Campbell?

24
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The abnormality of mental functioning must substantially impair D’s ability to do what? (3 answers)

A

Understand the nature of their conduct, form rational judgement, exercise self-control

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The abnormality of mental functioning must provide an e_____ for the k_____
Explanation, killing
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How is the term 'substantial' defined?
Less than total, but more than trivial
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The abnormality of mental functioning must c____ or be a significant c_______ factor in causing D to carry out his conduct
Cause, contributory
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Which case states that intoxication alone cannot found diminished responsibility?
Dowds
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What does the case of Dietschmann tell us about suffering from both a recognised medical condition and involuntary intoxication?
The intoxication should be disregarded, and it must be decided whether the condition alone would have impaired his responsibility
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Had D lost his ability to maintain his actions is accordance with c_____ j______... or has he lost normal p_____ of r______? (Jewell)
Considered judgement, powers of reasoning