Criminal law worksheet with answers

In English law, "voluntary manslaughter" refers to:

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

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

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

In English law, which court tries the most serious (indictable-only) offences such as murder?

1. AThe magistrates' court
2. BThe Crown Court
3. CThe Court of Appeal
4. DThe county court

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

D takes a college exam paper, reads it and returns it, planning to cheat. Following Oxford v Moss, D did not steal because:

1. AConfidential information is not property under the Theft Act
2. BThe paper itself was returned, so there was no intention to deprive
3. CD was a student at the college
4. DExam papers have no economic value

D puts poison in V's drink intending to kill her, but V dies of an unrelated heart attack before the poison works. D is guilty of:

1. ANo offence at all
2. BAttempted murder
3. CMurder
4. DManslaughter

In R v Roberts (1971), a woman jumped from a moving car to escape a sexual assault and was injured. The court held the defendant liable unless her reaction was:

1. AMore dangerous than staying in the car
2. BCaused by her own panic and fear
3. CTaken without first asking the defendant to stop the car and let her out
4. DSo "daft" or unexpected that no reasonable person could have foreseen it

In Airedale NHS Trust v Bland (1993), the House of Lords held that withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from a patient in a persistent vegetative state:

1. AWas lawful because the patient had made an advance decision
2. BWas a positive act of killing, amounting to murder
3. CWas lawful only because the patient's family had given consent, which is required for any such withdrawal
4. DWas an omission that was lawful because continued treatment was no longer in the patient's best interests