Sexual Violation Flashcards
What must be proved?
- There was an intentional act including sexual connection
- The complainant did not consent to the sexual act, and
- The offender did not believe the complainant was consenting, or
- If he did believe she was consenting, the grounds for such a belief were not reasonable.
Sexual Violation by Rape - Section, Act, Penalty Ingredients and case law.
Section 128(1)(a) Crimes Act 1961 - 20 Yrs Imp
- A person
- Rapes
- Another person
R v Koroheke - (Genitalia)
R v Cox - (Consent)
R v Gutuama - (Reasonable Grounds)
A Person / Another Person
Gender natural, accepted by judicial notice or proved by circumstantial notice
Rapes - 9 Points to element
- Rape definition
- Penetration definition
- Genitalia (R v Koroheke)
- Penis definition
- Consent definition
- Consent (R v Cox)
- Subjective test - Step 1
- Subject test - Step 2
- Objective test - Step 3 (R v Gutuama)
Rapes
- Person A rapes person B, if person A has sexual connection with person B, effected by the penetration of person B’s genitalia by person A’s penis.
- Without person B’s consent to the connection; and
- Without believing on reasonable grounds that person B consented to the connection
Penetration
Introduction and penetration are the same thing.
Introduction to the slightest degree is enough to effect a connection. S2(1A) CA1961
Proof of Penetration
- The complainant’s evidence
- Medical examination (DNA, Injuries)
- Accused’s admissions
Genitalia
Genitalia includes a surgically constructed or reconstructed organ analogous to naturally occurring male or female genitalia (whether the person concerned is male, female, or of indeterminate sex) S2 CA1961
Penis
Penis includes a surgically constructed or reconstructed organ analogous to a naturally occurring penis (whether the person concerned is male, female, or of indeterminate sex) S2 CA1961
Consent
Consent is a persons conscious and voluntary agreement to something desired or proposed by another.
Matters that do not constitute consent (7)
S128A CA1961
- Lack of protest of resistance
- Force, threat or fear of force
- Asleep or unconscious
- Affected by drugs/alcohol
- Intellectual/mental/physical impairment
- Mistake as to identity
- Mistaken as to the nature and quality of the act.
Subjective test - Step 1 - Absence of consent
Subjective test - Step 2- Belief in consent
Objective test - Step 3 - Reasonable grounds for belief in consent
Subjective: What was the complainant thinking at the time? Was she consenting?
Subjective: If she wasn’t consenting, did the offender believe she was consenting?
Objective: What would a reasonable person believe if placed in the same position as the defendant?
Sexual Violation by Unlawful sexual connection - Section, Act, Penalty Ingredients and case law.
Section 128(1)(b) Crimes Act 1961 - 20 Yrs Imp
- A person
- Has unlawful sexual connection
- With another person
R v Koroheke - (Genitalia)
R v Cox - (Consent)
R v Gutuama - (Reasonable Grounds)
Unlawful sexual connection
- Person A has unlawful sexual connection with person B if person A has sexual connection with person B
- Without person B’s consent to the connection; and
- Without believing on reasonable grounds that person B consents to the connection.
Unlawful Sexual Connection - 7 Points to element
- Unlawful Sexual Connection definition
- Genitalia (R v Koroheke)
- Consent definition
- Consent (R v Cox)
- Subjective test - Step 1
- Subject test - Step 2
- Objective test - Step 3 (R v Gutuama)