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Murder Cases Flashcards

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1
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definition of murder

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“the unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the king/queens peace with malice aforethought” -Lord Coke

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definition for actus reus

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“the unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the king/queens peace”

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“unlawful”

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the killing is not justified, eg self defence

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“under the king/queens peace”

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killing in the course of war is not murder

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“reasonable creature in being”

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the death of a human being eg brain stem death (Malcherek) or killing of a foetus (A-G’s Ref (no3 of 1994))

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Malcherek

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death of a human being does not apply to a brain stem death

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Attorney Generals’ Ref (No 3 of 1994)

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death of a human being does not apply to the killing of a foetus

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Stone & Dobinson, Gibbons & Proctor

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omission of a duty to care, assumed voluntarily

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Miller

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omission of duty to deal with a dangerous situation

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Pittwood

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omission of contractual duty

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White, Pagett

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factual causation

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Smith, Pagett

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legal causation

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Corbett, Roberts

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NAI: victims own act

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Pagett

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NAI: act of a 3rd party

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Cheshire

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NAI: medical negligence

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Jordan

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NAI: medical negligence & “palpably wrong”

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Blaue

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NAI: thin skull rule

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Mohan

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express/implied malice aforethought- intention to kill/ cause GBH

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Woollin

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indirect intention-virtual certainty and appreciated

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Smith, Saunders

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GBH= really/serious harm

21
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Latimer, Mitchell

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transferred malice principle

22
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Fagan v MPC

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coincidence rule: continuing event

23
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Thabo Meli

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coincidence rule: series of events

24
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checklist

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  • def LC
  • human, peace, unlawful M, A-GR(3of’94)
  • IR: omission S&D, G&P, M, P
  • causation (FC, LC) W, P, S, C, R, C, J, B
  • mr: (EMA, IMA, II) M, W, S, S
  • IR: tm, coincidence L, FvMPC, TM
25
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defintion of mens rea

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malice aforethought, express or implied

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