Summative 3 Flashcards
knowledge
Knowing means knowing or correctly believing Simester and Brookbanks The defendant may believe something wrongly, but cannot know something that is false
Rape
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 - (a) without person B’s consent to the connection and (b) without believing on reasonable grounds that person B consents to the connection Section 128(2), Crimes Act 1961
R V Joyce
‘Being together’ require two or more people acting (physically present together) in the commission of an offence
R V Galey
“Being together” in the context of section 235(b) involves “two or more persons having the common intention to use their combined force, either in any event or as circumstances might require, directly in the perpetration of the crime.”
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) Section 2, Crimes Act 1961
R v Morley
Loss…is assessed by the extent to which the complainant’s position prior to the (offence) has been diminished or impaired
R V Crossan
Incapable of resistance means a powerlessness of the will as well as a physical incapacity
Penetration
Introduction and penetration have the same meaning. Introduction to the slightest degree is enough to effect a connection. Section 2(1A), Crimes Act 1961
R v Sturm (stupefies)
To “stupify” means to cause an effect on the mind or nervous system of a person, which really seriously interferes with that person’s mental or physical ability to act in any way which might hinder an intended crime
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) Section 2, Crimes Act 1961
Aggravated Robbery (Offensive weapon) Section Act Penalty Ingredients
Section: 235(c) Act: Crimes Act 1961 Penalty: 14 years Ingredients 1. Being armed with any offensive weapon OR Instrument OR anything appearing to be such a weapon or instrument *********************** 2. Robs ************************ 3. Any person
Arson (1)(a) Section Act Penalty Ingredients
Section: 267(1)(a) Act: Crimes Act 1961 Penalty: 14 years Ingredients 1. Intentionally OR recklessly 2. Damages by fire OR Damages by means of explosives 3. Any Property 4. If he or she knows or ought to know that danger to life is likely to ensue
Renders unconcious
To render a person unconscious, the offenders actions must cause the victim to lose consciousness
Offensive weapon
Any article made or altered for use for causing bodily injury or intended by the person having it with him for such use Section 202A(1), Crimes Act 1961
Damages by fire
Although fire damage will often involve burning or charring, it is not necessary that the property is actually set alight; melting, blistering of paint or significant smoke damage may be sufficient
Facilitate flight
To make possible or to make easy or easier The specified harm is caused to enable the offender(s) to more easily effect their escape, or to prevent their capture after the commission or attempted commission of an imprisonable offence
R V Wati
There must be proof of the commission or attempted commision of a crime either by the person committing the assault or by the person whose arrest or flight he intends to avoid or facilitate
Property
Includes any real or personal property and any estate or interest in any real or personal property, money, electricity or any debt or any thing in action or any other right or interest Section 2, Crimes Act 1961
R V Archer
Property may be damaged if it suffers permanent or temporary physical harm or permanent or temporary impairment of its use or value
Life
“life” in this context means human life, and the danger must be to the life of someone other than the defendant.
Sexual connection
(a) Connection effected by the introduction into the genitalia or anus of one person, otherwise than for genuine medical reasons of (i) a part of the body of another person or (ii) an object held or manipulated by another person or (b) Connection between the mouth or tongue of one one person and a part of another persons genitalia or anus or (c) continuation of connection of a kind described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) Section 2, Crimes Act 1961
Sexual conduct with a young person under 16 (Sexual connection) Section Act Penalty Ingredients
Section: 134(1) Act: Crimes Act 1961 Penalty: 10 years Ingredients 1. everyone *********************** 2. Has sexual connection ************************ 3. With a young person
R V Tihi
In addition to one of the specific intents outlined in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) it must be shown the offender either meant to cause the specified harm or foresaw that the actions undertaken by him were likely to expose others to the risk of suffering it
R V Maihi
It is implicit in ‘accompany’ that there must be a nexus (connection or link) between the act of stealing….and a threat of violence. Both must be present. “However the term does not require that the act of stealing and the threat of violence be contemporaneous…”