Criminal law worksheet with answers

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

1. AAssault occasioning actual bodily harm
2. BManslaughter
3. CBattery
4. DMurder

The defence of duress requires a threat of:

1. APublic embarrassment
2. BLosing one's job
3. CDeath or serious injury
4. DDamage to one's property

In England and Wales, which body decides on charges in most serious cases and conducts public prosecutions?

1. AThe Home Office
2. BThe Law Commission
3. CThe Magistrates' Association
4. DThe Crown Prosecution Service

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 manslaughter, because supply always causes the death
4. DGuilty of unlawful act manslaughter, because supplying a class A drug is itself unlawful and dangerous

D, carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note, walks towards a post office to rob it but is arrested outside before entering. Under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, D is most likely guilty of:

1. ABurglary, because D intended to enter the building
2. BRobbery, because the intention was proved
3. CAttempted robbery, because D was carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note
4. DNothing as attempted robbery yet, because D has not gone beyond preparation

D knocks over a candle by accident, sees a fire start, and walks away without doing anything. The house burns down. D is most likely:

1. ANot liable, because the law imposes no duty to act to protect property
2. BLiable, because D created a dangerous situation and failed to act
3. CNot liable, because the fire started by accident
4. DLiable only if D intended to start the fire initially

In R v Whybrow (1951), the court held that the mens rea of attempted murder is:

1. AAn intention to cause GBH
2. BThe same as the mens rea of murder
3. CAn intention to kill only
4. DRecklessness as to causing death

In R v Larsonneur (1933), a French woman was convicted of being an illegal alien in the UK after being brought there by police against her will. The case illustrates:

1. ATransferred malice from the police to the defendant
2. BA state of affairs offence where liability arose without a voluntary act
3. CThe requirement of a duty for omissions
4. DThe defence of duress of circumstances excusing an involuntary immigration offence