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1.Easy

The defence of duress requires a threat of:

  1. APublic embarrassment
  2. BLosing one's job
  3. CDamage to one's property
  4. DDeath or serious injury
2.Easy

The presumption of innocence means:

  1. AThe accused is treated as innocent until proven guilty
  2. BEveryone arrested is guilty
  3. CThe accused must prove their innocence beyond reasonable doubt
  4. DJudges cannot convict anyone
3.Easy

Which of these is a "specific intent" offence in English law for the purposes of intoxication?

  1. AManslaughter
  2. BMurder
  3. CAssault occasioning actual bodily harm
  4. DBattery
4.Medium

D throws a glass of beer over V intending only to wet her; the glass slips and cuts V. Following R v Savage, D's liability under section 47 OAPA requires:

  1. AForesight that at least some actual bodily harm would result from the assault
  2. BOnly the mens rea of assault or battery, with no foresight of harm needed
  3. CForesight that grievous bodily harm would be caused
  4. DIntention to cause actual bodily harm
5.Medium

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

  1. AHas a complete defence of intoxication
  2. BIs automatically guilty of murder
  3. CCan always rely on any honest belief, however it arose, in self-defence
  4. DCannot rely on a drunken mistaken belief in self-defence
6.Medium

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
7.Hard

In R v Gullefer (1990), D ran onto a greyhound track to get the race declared void and recover his bet. The Court of Appeal held:

  1. AAttempt requires the last act before the crime
  2. BHe was guilty of attempted theft, as running onto the track was more than preparatory
  3. CHis acts were merely preparatory, as he had not embarked on the "crime proper"
  4. DImpossibility gave him a complete defence
8.Hard

In R v Hinks (2000), the House of Lords held that:

  1. AReceiving a valid gift can be an appropriation, so it can be theft if dishonest
  2. BCivil law always decides criminal liability for theft
  3. CA valid gift can never be theft because full ownership passes to the recipient at once
  4. DOnly shop thefts involve appropriation

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Death or serious injury
  2. 2. A · The accused is treated as innocent until proven guilty
  3. 3. B · Murder
  4. 4. B · Only the mens rea of assault or battery, with no foresight of harm needed
  5. 5. D · Cannot rely on a drunken mistaken belief in self-defence
  6. 6. C · That some physical harm might result
  7. 7. C · His acts were merely preparatory, as he had not embarked on the "crime proper"
  8. 8. A · Receiving a valid gift can be an appropriation, so it can be theft if dishonest

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