Criminal law worksheet with answers

Which two elements usually make up a criminal offence?

1. AMotive and opportunity
2. BDuty and breach
3. COffer and acceptance
4. DActus reus and mens rea

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

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

Which case is known for the "golden thread" that the prosecution must prove the defendant's guilt?

1. ADonoghue v Stevenson
2. BR v Brown
3. CCarlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
4. DWoolmington v DPP

D is present when a crime is committed but does nothing to help or encourage it. Following R v Clarkson, D is:

1. AAn accessory, because D could have called the police
2. BNot an accessory, because mere presence without intent to encourage is not enough
3. CAn accessory, because voluntary presence at the scene always amounts to encouragement
4. DThe principal, because D witnessed the whole crime

D buys a substance believing it is heroin and intends to sell it on. In fact it is harmless powder. Following R v Shivpuri, D is:

1. AGuilty of attempt, as impossibility is no defence under the 1981 Act
2. BNot guilty, because attempting the impossible is no offence under the 1981 Act
3. CGuilty of the full offence of dealing drugs
4. DNot guilty, because the substance was harmless

D takes V's bag and is seen; a few seconds later D ties V up to escape. Following R v Hale, D is guilty of robbery because:

1. AAny force used on the victim within an hour of the theft automatically turns it into robbery
2. BTying up a victim is robbery even without theft
3. CThe bag was later recovered by the police
4. DAppropriation is a continuing act, so the force was used at the time of the theft

In R v Cheshire, the court held that negligent medical treatment of a gunshot victim:

1. AMakes the doctors liable for murder
2. BAlways breaks the chain of causation
3. CBroke the chain of causation whenever it was negligent enough to be the immediate medical cause of death, even if the wound still operated
4. DDid not break the chain of causation unless it was so independent and potent that the original wound became insignificant

R v Gomez (1993) held that an appropriation in theft:

1. ARequires a physical taking of the property
2. BRequires that the act was not authorised by the owner, even if consent was obtained by fraud
3. COnly occurs when the defendant leaves the shop
4. DCan occur even when the owner consents, if the consent was obtained by deception