Criminal law worksheet with answers

In English law, "voluntary manslaughter" refers to:

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

In English law, rape is defined in which statute?

1. AThe Protection from Harassment Act 1997
2. BThe Criminal Justice Act 1988
3. CThe Offences Against the Person Act 1861
4. DThe Sexual Offences Act 2003

The defence of duress requires a threat of:

1. ALosing one's job
2. BDeath or serious injury
3. CDamage to one's property
4. DPublic embarrassment

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

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

D parks his car on a police officer's foot by accident, then refuses to move it once told. Under Fagan v MPC, this is:

1. AA battery, because the act was continuing when the mens rea arose
2. BA mere omission without any duty to act
3. CNo offence, because the original act was accidental and mens rea arose only afterwards
4. DOnly criminal damage to the officer's shoe

D supplies heroin to V, an adult, who freely and knowingly injects herself and dies. According to R v Kennedy (No 2), D is:

1. AGuilty of manslaughter, because V's choice is irrelevant
2. BNot guilty of manslaughter, because V's free and informed choice broke the chain of causation
3. CGuilty of unlawful act manslaughter, because supplying a class A drug is itself unlawful and dangerous
4. DGuilty of manslaughter, because supply always causes the death

In R v Brown (1993), the House of Lords held that consent was no defence to s47 and s20 charges arising from:

1. AConsensual sado-masochistic acts between adults in private
2. BSurgery carried out without the patient's signature
3. CTattoos applied by a licensed tattoo artist
4. DInjuries suffered in properly conducted boxing matches between consenting adults

In the Dutch "Melk-en-water" judgment (Hoge Raad, 1916), the court recognised:

1. AAbsence of all blame (AVAS) as an unwritten excuse
2. BForce majeure as a written justification
3. CConditional intent as a form of intention
4. DThe legality principle as part of the Constitution