Criminal law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A defendant who did not know what they were doing because of a severe mental disease may rely on:

  1. AInsanity
  2. BProvocation
  3. CNecessity
  4. DDuress
2.Easy

Which sentence must a court impose on an adult convicted of murder in England and Wales?

  1. AA community order
  2. BLife imprisonment
  3. CA fixed term of 10 years
  4. DA suspended sentence
3.Easy

In English law, a "wound" for section 20 OAPA 1861 requires:

  1. AA break in both layers of the skin
  2. BA broken bone
  3. CLoss of consciousness
  4. DAny visible bruise on the body
4.Medium

D grabs V's handbag so forcefully that V's hand is pulled down. Following R v Clouden, this can be:

  1. ARobbery, because force was used on the person to steal
  2. BOnly theft, because there was no direct contact with V's body
  3. COnly battery, because the bag was not taken
  4. DBurglary, because the bag was V's property
5.Medium

Oblique (indirect) intention in English law (R v Woollin) exists when:

  1. ADeath or serious harm was a virtual certainty and the defendant appreciated this
  2. BThe result was merely possible
  3. CThe defendant did not foresee any harm
  4. DDeath was a foreseeable consequence that a reasonable person would have appreciated
6.Medium

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. ALeft the shop without paying
  2. BPaid at the checkout
  3. CPut the item in the trolley
  4. DSwitched the labels, assuming one of the owner's rights
7.Hard

Under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, an organisation is guilty if the way its activities are managed causes death and amounts to a gross breach of a duty of care, and:

  1. AThe way senior management organised the activities was a substantial element of the breach
  2. BThe victim was an employee of the organisation
  3. CA single identified director is first personally convicted of gross negligence manslaughter
  4. DThe organisation intended to cause death
8.Hard

Conspiracy in English law requires:

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

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Insanity
  2. 2. B · Life imprisonment
  3. 3. A · A break in both layers of the skin
  4. 4. A · Robbery, because force was used on the person to steal
  5. 5. A · Death or serious harm was a virtual certainty and the defendant appreciated this
  6. 6. D · Switched the labels, assuming one of the owner's rights
  7. 7. A · The way senior management organised the activities was a substantial element of the breach
  8. 8. B · An agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, with intent that it be carried out

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