Criminal law worksheet with answers

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

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

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

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

Necessity was rejected as a defence to murder in the famous shipwreck case of:

1. AR v Miller
2. BR v Brown
3. CR v Collins
4. DR v Dudley and Stephens

D gets drunk voluntarily, mistakenly believes he is being attacked and stabs V. Under English law, D:

1. ACan always rely on any honest belief, however it arose, in self-defence
2. BCannot rely on a drunken mistaken belief in self-defence
3. CHas a complete defence of intoxication
4. DIs automatically guilty of murder

Duress as a defence is generally NOT available in English law to a charge of:

1. ACriminal damage
2. BTheft
3. CMurder
4. DDrug possession

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

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

In R v Cunningham (1957), D tore a gas meter off a wall to steal money; gas leaked and poisoned a neighbour. The court held "maliciously" means:

1. AIntending the harm or foreseeing the risk of it and taking it anyway
2. BFailing to notice a risk an ordinary person would see
3. CActing with wickedness or ill will towards the victim, as in ordinary usage
4. DActing in a way that is against the law

In R v Stone and Dobinson (1977), a duty to act arose because the defendants had:

1. ACreated the dangerous situation themselves by assaulting the victim earlier
2. BA contract to look after the victim for money
3. CA public office that required them to protect the victim
4. DVoluntarily assumed the care of a relative who could not care for herself