Criminal law worksheet with answers

Unlawful act manslaughter is a form of:

1. AAttempted murder
2. BVoluntary manslaughter
3. CInvoluntary manslaughter
4. DDiminished responsibility

In English law, a common assault (in the narrow sense) is committed when the defendant:

1. AActually applies unlawful force to the victim's body, however slight
2. BCauses the victim serious bodily harm
3. CCauses the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force
4. DDamages the victim's property

In English law, rape is defined in which statute?

1. AThe Protection from Harassment Act 1997
2. BThe Offences Against the Person Act 1861
3. CThe Criminal Justice Act 1988
4. DThe Sexual Offences Act 2003

D makes repeated silent phone calls to V, causing her psychiatric illness. Following R v Ireland, D can be guilty of:

1. ANo offence, because words or silence can never amount to an assault in law
2. BOnly a civil wrong, because no physical harm occurred
3. CAn assault, as silent calls can cause apprehension of immediate force
4. DOnly harassment, because no force was used

D buys a substance believing it is heroin and intends to sell it on. In fact it is harmless powder. Following R v Shivpuri, D is:

1. ANot guilty, because the substance was harmless
2. BNot guilty, because attempting the impossible is no offence under the 1981 Act
3. CGuilty of attempt, as impossibility is no defence under the 1981 Act
4. DGuilty of the full offence of dealing drugs

D swaps price labels on two items in a supermarket, intending to pay the lower price. Following R v Morris, the appropriation took place when D:

1. APaid at the checkout
2. BPut the item in the trolley
3. CLeft the shop without paying
4. DSwitched the labels, assuming one of the owner's rights

Conspiracy in English law requires:

1. AAt least one of the conspirators to have carried out an overt act towards committing the agreed crime
2. BA written plan
3. CAn agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, with intent that it be carried out
4. DThe crime to be actually committed

In R v Hinks (2000), the House of Lords held that:

1. ACivil law always decides criminal liability for theft
2. BOnly shop thefts involve appropriation
3. CReceiving a valid gift can be an appropriation, so it can be theft if dishonest
4. DA valid gift can never be theft because full ownership passes to the recipient at once