PARTIES - cases Flashcards
ngamu v r facts
cheques stolen and altered and collected money from, each step by a diffenrt perosn
ngamu v r issue
who was the pricniple party
ngamu v r
ngamu v r held
all parties were PP, dosent matter if the act itself is unlawful it is the commitiing part of the AR A and having the MR - COG IN THE WHEEL PARTICIPATOON
R V PATTERSON FACTS
p tells mr b to go into flat and get a tv and gives key but isnt his flat to stealing
R V PATTERSON ISSUE
who committed the offnece
R V PATTERSON HELD
innocent agnet will not be liable and the party that makes tgen commit the offence is viewd as constructiely perfrominh the offnece
police v b facts
got inof off police database by getting someone elses code, argued dindt commit the offence under 661a but procured someone under 661d but dince that perons lacked the mr he cannot be guilty of the offnece
police v b issue
did b commit the offnece
police v b held
yes he procurred the inncoent party to commit the offnece, dindt do the AR but had the MR
confimed innocnet agnecy in nz
ashin v r facts
group convivted for murder and appealed their conviction
ashin v r law
66(2) may apply when the orginally intended offence is committed, aid/encouragement does not need to remain operative at the time the princople is commiteed, AR is compleet once encourgement is given
SETS OUT REQ FOR DEFNSE OF WITHDRAWL
LARKINS V POLICE FACTS
L was a look out for peopel robbing a store, yelled cops
LARKINS V POLICE issue
did L aid in the comission to th offence
LARKINS V POLICE facts
yes, extra pair of eyes
critized as pp didnt know of their presnec, added requiremnet for aiding an ofnec that pp doesnt need to know
Charnley v r facts
c abetted a man to have sex, wtached and dindt intervene was seen as encouragemet
Charnley v r issue
can you abet an offence by omission
Charnley v r held
you can abet an offence by omission as presence principal and duty principle
r v pene facts
all in car pp throw bombs and accused gets pout but doenst throw bomb and claim he wlaked over the side of the road to disassciate himself
r v clakson facts
girl raped at army barracks, accused convicted of aiding and abetting at they were in the room whiel it happned
r v clakson
r v clakson issue
had the accused aided in commisonnson of the oofnce
r v clakson held
presnece idciated encouragemnet
r v pene issue
was p still guilty
r v pene held
yes guilty as he still had the intention to act
r v witika facts
sposue abuse child while other encouraged the offence
r v witika issue
did the other partuys inactivy amount to encouragement
r v witika
r v witika held
inactivity amounted to encouragement, speicla relationship gives rise for a duty to intervene (defato qualitfys) and if child parent qualiy under 152
johnson v youden facts
builder got payment for hosue then instructed lawyers to act for him in the sale, one lawyer knew and thught was lawful , builder convicted and lawyers SP
johnson v youden issue
did the lawyers have the nessacery knowldeg
johnson v youden held
the one who ‘knew’ did and it set out the set out the knowledge of essential matters test for MR
cardin larent v commerce commission facts
CL was selling pjs that were not up to standard, K found out tehy were not up to standard an cl told k that he could sell pjs but couldnt advert as them being up to standrad
cardin larent v commerce commission issue
is k a party to teh offnece
cardin larent v commerce commission held
yes k is a prty as he had knowldeg of the essentialty matter whihc made up the offnece