Unlawful act manslaughter Flashcards

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1
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Unlawful act manslaughter can be split into __ elements

A

Three

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Corion-Auguste it was declared that the defendant must commit an offence which c___ the victim’s death

A

Causes

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3
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In R v L___ it was acts of omission will not do for unlawful act manslaughter.

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Lowe

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The first element is that the defendant must commit an offence which causes the victim’s ____

A

death

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The causation in the first element must be both f__ and l__

A

Factual and legal

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Element 2:

The unlawful act must be of a “_____ _____”

A

Dangerous kind

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R v Church provides a definition of what?

A

“Dangerous kind”

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“Dangerous kind” was defined as
“Such that all ____ and ___ people would inevitably recognise must subject the other person to, a_ l__, the risk of ____ ___ resulting therefrom.”

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Such that all SOBER and REASONABLE people would inevitably recognise must subject the other person to, AT LEAST, the risk of SOME HARM resulting therefrom.

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9
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True or false: The second element features a subjective test

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False- it features an objective test

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R v Larkin shows us that offences against the person may be considered d__

A

dangerous

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11
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Offences against property may be considered dangerous according to the verdict of the case of

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DPP v Newbury & Jones

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12
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R v Dawson demonstrates that the thin skull principle may __ apply here

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Not

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13
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Element 3: The defendant must have MR of the unlawful and d___ act

A

Dangerous

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14
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Andrews v DPP declared that

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Crimes of negligence do not count as an unlawful act. They are the other type of manslaughter.

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15
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Le Brun

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The intention doesn’t have to be to intend harm.

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