Criminal law worksheet with answers

In English law, a battery is:

1. ACausing another to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful force
2. BAny rude remark made in public
3. CCausing serious injury with a weapon
4. DThe intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to another

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

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

An omission (failure to act) can lead to criminal liability when:

1. AAny person failed to help a stranger
2. BThe defendant was asleep
3. CThe defendant had a legal duty to act
4. DNever, in any legal system

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

D knocks over a candle by accident, sees a fire start, and walks away without doing anything. The house burns down. D is most likely:

1. ALiable, because D created a dangerous situation and failed to act
2. BLiable only if D intended to start the fire initially
3. CNot liable, because the fire started by accident
4. DNot liable, because the law imposes no duty to act to protect property

In R v Evans (2009), D supplied heroin to her half-sister, who overdosed. D failed to seek help. The Court of Appeal held:

1. AD was guilty of murder, because she supplied the drug
2. BD was liable because family members always owe each other a duty to seek medical help
3. CA duty arose because D had contributed to a life-threatening situation she knew of
4. DNo duty arose, because sisters owe each other no duties

Which principle comes from DPP v Majewski (1977)?

1. AVoluntary intoxication is no defence to crimes of basic intent
2. BInvoluntary intoxication is always a complete defence
3. CIntoxication can never be considered by a jury
4. DDrunkenness reduces murder to manslaughter in every case