PAPER 1 ATTEMPTS

Question 1

What does S.1(1) Criminal attempts Act 19821 provide?

Answer 1

That ‘if with intent to commit an offence.., a person does an act which is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the offence, he is guilty of attempting to commit the offence’

Question 2

What is S.1(1)?

Answer 2

Doing an act which is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the offence’

Question 3

For S.1(1) what must there be what isn’t sufficient?

Answer 3

An act, an omission can’t suffice.

Question 4

Who decides if the defendant is merely preparatory or more than merely preparatory?

Answer 4

The jury.
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Question 5

S.1(1) CAA 1981 Provides that the mental element for attempt is what?

Answer 5

Intention

Question 6

What types of intent are allowed?

Answer 6

Direct or indirect.

Question 7

In whybrow it was held that what?

Answer 7

For attempted murder the prosecution must prove that the accused intended to kill the victim,

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Question 8

IF RELEVANT (impossibility)
S.1(2) CAA 1981 provides what?

Answer 8

A person may be guilty of attempting to commit an offence to which this section applies even though the facts are such that the commission of the offence is impossible.

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