Criminal law worksheet with answers

Under section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957, who bears the burden of proving diminished responsibility?

1. AThe prosecution, beyond reasonable doubt
2. BNobody, as the jury decides freely
3. CThe judge, on the medical evidence alone
4. DThe defendant, on the balance of probabilities

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

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

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

1. AA fixed term of 10 years
2. BA suspended sentence
3. CA community order
4. DLife imprisonment

D drives a car she believes is her own, but which is actually V's identical car. She is not guilty of theft because:

1. AShe is not dishonest and lacks intent to deprive another
2. BThe car was insured by V
3. CCars cannot be stolen under the Theft Act
4. DShe returned it the next morning

D, carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note, walks towards a post office to rob it but is arrested outside before entering. Under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, D is most likely guilty of:

1. AAttempted robbery, because D was carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note
2. BBurglary, because D intended to enter the building
3. CRobbery, because the intention was proved
4. DNothing as attempted robbery yet, because D has not gone beyond preparation

D attacks someone while sleepwalking. Following R v Burgess, the correct defence is:

1. ANon-insane automatism, because sleep is natural
2. BSelf-defence, because D was dreaming of an attack
3. CInvoluntary intoxication, because D was not aware
4. DInsanity, because sleepwalking was caused by an internal factor

In English law, the partial defence of loss of control reduces murder to:

1. AVoluntary manslaughter
2. BInvoluntary manslaughter
3. CAn acquittal
4. DGrievous bodily harm

Conspiracy in English law requires:

1. AThe crime to be actually committed
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. DA written plan