Criminal law worksheet with answers

In English law, "voluntary manslaughter" refers to:

1. AA killing caused by gross negligence at work
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 with the mens rea for murder where a partial defence applies

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. BUsing force to obtain property belonging to another person
3. CDishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with intention to permanently deprive the other of it
4. DBorrowing property from another person without asking first

In English law, rape is defined in which statute?

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

Two adult friends agree to a fist fight in the street, and one breaks the other's nose. Following A-G's Reference (No 6 of 1980), consent is:

1. AA defence only if the fight was planned in advance
2. BA full defence, because both adults freely agreed to the fight and accepted the risk of injury
3. CRelevant only to the sentence and never to guilt
4. DNo defence, because a street fight causing actual bodily harm is not in the public interest

"Dolus eventualis" (voorwaardelijk opzet) in Dutch criminal law means the defendant:

1. ADid not foresee the consequence at all
2. BKnowingly accepted the considerable chance that the consequence would occur
3. CActed entirely by accident
4. DWanted the consequence as their main goal and acted in order to bring it about

D takes his own car from a garage without paying for repairs. Following R v Turner (No 2), D can be guilty of theft because:

1. AD intended to return the car later
2. BOwners who take back their own property are always acting dishonestly
3. CProperty belongs to anyone who has possession or control of it
4. DThe car was worth more after the repairs

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. COnly shop thefts involve appropriation
4. DA valid gift can never be theft because full ownership passes to the recipient at once

In R v Evans (2009), D supplied heroin to her half-sister, who overdosed. D failed to seek help. The Court of Appeal held:

1. AD was guilty of murder, because she supplied the drug
2. BA duty arose because D had contributed to a life-threatening situation she knew of
3. CD was liable because family members always owe each other a duty to seek medical help
4. DNo duty arose, because sisters owe each other no duties