Criminal law worksheet with answers

Unlawful act manslaughter is a form of:

1. AInvoluntary manslaughter
2. BVoluntary manslaughter
3. CDiminished responsibility
4. DAttempted murder

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. BDishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with intention to permanently deprive the other of it
3. CBorrowing property from another person without asking first
4. DUsing force to obtain property belonging to another person

The presumption of innocence means:

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

Causation in criminal law requires that the defendant's act was:

1. AMorally wrong
2. BA factual and legal cause of the result
3. CIntended to cause the result in every case
4. DThe only cause of the result

D, a diabetic, takes insulin, skips food, becomes hypoglycaemic and hits V without knowing what he is doing. D may rely on:

1. AInsanity, because diabetes is a disease affecting the functioning of the mind
2. BNon-insane automatism, because an external factor caused the episode
3. CDiminished responsibility, because harm was caused
4. DDuress of circumstances, because D was ill

D throws a paving stone off a bridge onto a train, killing the guard. D did not think anyone would be hurt. Following DPP v Newbury and Jones, D is guilty of:

1. ANo offence, as D did not subjectively foresee any risk of harm to anyone at all
2. BMurder, as the act was likely to kill
3. CGross negligence manslaughter only
4. DUnlawful act manslaughter, as the act was unlawful and objectively dangerous

In R v Hinks (2000), the House of Lords held that:

1. AOnly shop thefts involve appropriation
2. BA valid gift can never be theft because full ownership passes to the recipient at once
3. CReceiving a valid gift can be an appropriation, so it can be theft if dishonest
4. DCivil law always decides criminal liability for theft

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