Criminal law worksheet with answers

Diminished responsibility is a partial defence available only to a charge of:

1. ARape
2. BRobbery
3. CMurder
4. DTheft

The presumption of innocence means:

1. AEveryone arrested is guilty
2. BThe accused must prove their innocence beyond reasonable doubt
3. CJudges cannot convict anyone
4. DThe accused is treated as innocent until proven guilty

In English law, a battery is:

1. ACausing serious injury with a weapon
2. BAny rude remark made in public
3. CThe intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to another
4. DCausing another to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful force

Joint enterprise (accessorial liability) after R v Jogee requires that the accessory:

1. AWas present at the scene by chance
2. BWas related to the principal
3. CMerely foresaw as a real possibility that the principal might commit the crime
4. DIntended to assist or encourage the principal to commit the crime

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

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

In R v Cunningham (1957), D tore a gas meter off a wall to steal money; gas leaked and poisoned a neighbour. The court held "maliciously" means:

1. AIntending the harm or foreseeing the risk of it and taking it anyway
2. BFailing to notice a risk an ordinary person would see
3. CActing with wickedness or ill will towards the victim, as in ordinary usage
4. DActing in a way that is against the law

In R v Lloyd (1985), a cinema employee lent films to be copied and returned them within hours. The court held there was no theft because:

1. AThe employee had the cinema's permission to borrow the films for a short time
2. BFilms are intangible property that cannot be stolen
3. CThe films were returned with their "goodness or virtue" not wholly exhausted
4. DCopying films was not illegal at the time