Criminal law worksheet with answers

In English law, theft is defined in section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 as:

1. ABorrowing property from another person without asking first
2. BUsing force to obtain property belonging to another person
3. CDishonestly taking property belonging to another without consent, with intention to use it and later return it
4. DDishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with intention to permanently deprive the other of it

Which statute contains the main non-fatal offences against the person in England and Wales (ABH, wounding, GBH)?

1. AThe Criminal Damage Act 1971
2. BThe Homicide Act 1957
3. CThe Offences Against the Person Act 1861
4. DThe Theft Act 1968

In English law, "voluntary manslaughter" refers to:

1. AA killing caused by gross negligence at work
2. BA killing caused by an unlawful and dangerous act, without intent to kill
3. CA killing with the mens rea for murder where a partial defence applies
4. DA killing that the victim consented to in advance

Joint enterprise (accessorial liability) after R v Jogee requires that the accessory:

1. AIntended to assist or encourage the principal to commit the crime
2. BMerely foresaw as a real possibility that the principal might commit the crime
3. CWas related to the principal
4. DWas present at the scene by chance

For malicious wounding or inflicting GBH under section 20 OAPA, the defendant must at least have foreseen:

1. AThat the victim would die
2. BThat serious harm would certainly result
3. CNothing, because it is strict liability
4. DThat some physical harm might result

Two adult friends agree to a fist fight in the street, and one breaks the other's nose. Following A-G's Reference (No 6 of 1980), consent is:

1. ARelevant only to the sentence and never to guilt
2. BNo defence, because a street fight causing actual bodily harm is not in the public interest
3. CA full defence, because both adults freely agreed to the fight and accepted the risk of injury
4. DA defence only if the fight was planned in advance

In R v Larsonneur (1933), a French woman was convicted of being an illegal alien in the UK after being brought there by police against her will. The case illustrates:

1. AThe requirement of a duty for omissions
2. BTransferred malice from the police to the defendant
3. CA state of affairs offence where liability arose without a voluntary act
4. DThe defence of duress of circumstances excusing an involuntary immigration offence

In Re A (Conjoined Twins) (2001), the Court of Appeal allowed surgery that would kill the weaker twin to save the stronger. This is often cited as authority that:

1. AParental consent is a defence to homicide
2. BNecessity can, in very exceptional circumstances, justify an act that causes death
3. CNecessity is a general defence to murder whenever more lives would be saved than lost
4. DDoctors can never be liable for murder