PRE REQ - Dec 2014 and March 2015 Flashcards
2 people in an abandoned house set fire and throw an aerosol can on fire. The house gets so badly damaged it needs to be demolished.
What is the offence?
Arson Section 267(1)(b)
A guy is broke, he used to get a discount at a takeways if he had his overalls on. He wasn’t working for that company anymore but he decided to get into the overalls and get a discount.
What is the offence?
Obtain by Deception Section 240(1)(a)
A man commits a robbery and tells his ‘girlfriend’ about it, she does not want him to go back to jail so she bags up his clothes and puts them in a clothing bin.
What is the offence?
AATF Section 71(1)
Two guys drive around with 10 grams of meth, looking for someone to sell it to; they cannot find anyone and go home.
What is the offence?
Possession of any Controlled Drug for Supply
Sect 6(1)(f) MODA
Life/14/8yrs
- Has possession of
- Any Controlled Drug
- For the purposes set out in paragraphs (c)(d)(e)
A girl sees another girl on her Iphone. She goes up to the girl, kicks her in the back of the leg causing her to drop her phone, she picks it up and takes off.
What is the offence?
Robbery Section 234(1)
A guy is part of a protest. He gets fed up and walks away. As he does he throws a picket fence pailing over his shoulder, it hits a a reporter in the head and fractures his skull.
What is the offence?
Wounding with intent to injure Sect 188(2)
A guy commits burglary and is trying to get away, a security guard attempts to stop him and gets bottled causing a gash in his head.
What is the offence?
Aggravated Wounding Section 191(1)(c)
A drug dealer is sitting at home when two rivals turn up. He pulls out a rifle and shoots at one of them trying to hit him in the shit, he misses and the rivals
What is the offence?leave.
DISCHARGING FIREARM or DOING DANGEROUS ACT WITH INTENT
Section 198(1)(a)
Crimes Act 1961
14 years
- With intent to do GBH
- Discharges any firearm, airgun, or other similar weapon
- At any person
A low life hangs out with school girls, Mary is 14 years and often meets with him and gives him Oral Sex
Sexual Conduct with YP under 16yrs Section 134(1) - 10yrs
Every one who has SEXUAL CONNECTION with a young person
Scenario
AATF, Murder, Rape, Indecent Assault, Conspiracy, Uses a Document, Aggravated Wounding, Wounding with intent to do GBH
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Multi Choice
Attempted Arson
Attempts Section 72(1)
Every one who:
- HAVING AN INTENT TO COMMIT an offence
- DOES or OMITS an act for the purpose of accomplishing his object
- Is guilty of an attempt to commit the offence intended, WHETHER in the circumstances it was POSSIBLE TO COMMIT OR NOT
Aggravated Burglary
Aggravated burglary
Section 232(1)(a) Crimes Act 1961
14years
- While committing burglary
- Has a weapon with him or her OR Uses any thing as a weapon
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Aggravated burglary
Section 232(1)(b) Crimes Act 1961
14years - HAVING committed burglary
- Has a weapon with him or her, or Uses any thing as a weapon
- While still in the building or ship.
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Section 232(2)
5yrs - Armed with a weapon
- With intent
- To commit burglary
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years who is armed with a weapon with intent to commit burglary.]
R v Morley
Definition of Loss
R v MORLEY
An intention to deceive requires that the deception is practised in order to deceive the affected party. Purposeful intent is necessary and must exist at the time of the deception.
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The term “loss” is not defined by statute, but in most cases will involve financial detriment to the victim
Not all forms of loss will come within the section. Property or valuable things will be the subject matter of “loss”
The loss caused by deception must be in the nature of a direct loss. Indirect losses, such as expectation loss
When can a Section 40 warrant (CYFS) be issued?
Where an application for a declaration under section 67 of this Act has been made in respect of a child or young person, any DC Judge or Issuing officer, may, on application in writing, where there are reasonable grounds for believing that the child or young person is—
(a)Suffering, or is likely to suffer, ill-treatment, serious neglect, abuse, serious deprivation, or serious harm; or
b) So seriously disturbed as to be likely—
(i) To act in a manner harmful to the child or young person or any other person; or
(ii) To cause serious damage to property,—issue a warrant authorising any [constable] or a Social Worker, to search for the child or YP
What is the culpability of 2 persons in a Suicide where one dies and one survives?
Suicide Pact
Section 180
(1) Every one who in pursuance of a suicide pact KILLS ANY OTHER PERSON is guilty of
manslaughter and not of murder
(2)
- Where 2 or MORE PERSONS ENTER into a suicide pact, AND
- and in pursuance of it ONE OR MORE OF THEM kills himself
- any SURVIVOR is guilty of being a PARTY TO A DEATH under a suicide pact contrary to this subsection - not exceeding
5 years; but he SHALL NOT BE convicted of an offence against section 179 of this Act.
What is a person charged with for Class A Analogue = Class C Controlled Drug
?? (don’t understand question)
A person is stabbed and refuses treatment, what is the person who stabbed him liable for?
Sections 165 - Causing death, either by not preventing death where that was possible
Every one who by ANY ACT OR OMISSION causes the death of another person kills that person, although death from that cause might have been prevented by resorting to proper means.
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R v BLAUE
Those who use violence must take their victims as they find them.
EXAMPLE - Victim stabbed but refused blood transfusion because of religious belief and died. The question for decision is what CAUSED her death. The answer is stab wound. The fact that the victim refused to stop this end coming about did not break the CASUAL CONNECTION between the act and death.
What is stated in R v Tihi?
R v TIHI
In R v Tihi it was held that in proving an offence against s191, the prosecution must satisfy a “two-fold” test for intent:
1. The defendant intended to facilitate the commission of an imprisonable offence (or one of the other intents specified in paras (a), (b) or (c), and
2. He or she intended to cause the specified harm, or was reckless as to that risk.
SHORT ANSWERS
Definition of Dishonestly
Section 217
Dishonestly, in relation to an act or omission, means done or omitted without a belief that there was express or implied consent to, or authority for, the act or omission from a person entitled to give such consent or authority.
Definition of Murder - Section 167
Culpable homicide is murder in each of the following cases:
(a) If the offender means to cause the death of the person killed:
(b) If the offender means to cause to the person killed any bodily injury that is known to
the offender to be likely to cause death, and is reckless whether death ensues or not:
(c) If the offender means to cause death, or, being so reckless as aforesaid, means to cause
such bodily injury as aforesaid to one person, and by accident or mistake kills another
person, though he does not mean to hurt the person killed:
(d) If the offender for any unlawful object does an act that he knows to be likely to cause
death, and thereby kills any person, though he may have desired that his object should
be effected without hurting any one.
Definition of Killing a child
Section 159(1) and (2)
(1) A child becomes a human being within the meaning of this Act when it has completely
proceeded in a living state from the body of its mother, whether it has breathed or not,
whether it has an independent circulation or not, and whether the navel string is
severed or not.
(2) The killing of such child is homicide if it dies in consequence of injuries received
before, during, or after birth.
Search and Surveillance
Section 17
Warrantless entry and search of VEHICLE for evidential material relating to certain offences
A constable may, without a warrant, enter and search a vehicle that is in a public place:
- If the constable has RGTB
- EVIDENTIAL MATERIAL relating to an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 14 years or more
- Is in or on the vehicle
Section 222(1) - who can be a nominated person
- A solicitor
- A parent or guardian
- A person the juvenile has nominated
- An adult member of the family or whanau
- Any other adult, not being an enforcement officer
- A person, who is not an enforcement officer, who has been nominated by you when the CYF has refused to nominate anyone.
Section 7(3) - What is relevant evidence?
Relevant evidence is defined as any
“Evidence that has a tendency to prove or disprove anything that is of consequence to the determination of the proceeding” (s7(3)).
It includes direct evidence and circumstantial evidence.