Criminal law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Handling stolen goods (section 22 Theft Act 1968) requires that the defendant:

  1. AKnew or believed the goods to be stolen
  2. BKept the goods for over a month
  3. CSold the goods for profit
  4. DStole the goods personally
2.Easy

In English law, rape is defined in which statute?

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

What is the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales?

  1. A12
  2. B16
  3. C14
  4. D10
4.Medium

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. AMurder, as the act was likely to kill
  2. BGross negligence manslaughter only
  3. CNo offence, as D did not subjectively foresee any risk of harm to anyone at all
  4. DUnlawful act manslaughter, as the act was unlawful and objectively dangerous
5.Medium

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

  1. AWas present at the scene by chance
  2. BMerely foresaw as a real possibility that the principal might commit the crime
  3. CIntended to assist or encourage the principal to commit the crime
  4. DWas related to the principal
6.Medium

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

  1. AA factual and legal cause of the result
  2. BThe only cause of the result
  3. CMorally wrong
  4. DIntended to cause the result in every case
7.Hard

In English law, the partial defence of loss of control reduces murder to:

  1. AGrievous bodily harm
  2. BAn acquittal
  3. CInvoluntary manslaughter
  4. DVoluntary manslaughter
8.Hard

In R v Malcherek and Steel (1981), doctors switched off life-support machines after diagnosing brain death. The court held:

  1. AThe doctors became the legal cause of death by deliberately switching off the machines
  2. BThe defendants were guilty only of attempted murder
  3. CSwitching off did not break the chain; the original assailants caused the deaths
  4. DThe victims died of natural causes in law

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Knew or believed the goods to be stolen
  2. 2. D · The Sexual Offences Act 2003
  3. 3. D · 10
  4. 4. D · Unlawful act manslaughter, as the act was unlawful and objectively dangerous
  5. 5. C · Intended to assist or encourage the principal to commit the crime
  6. 6. A · A factual and legal cause of the result
  7. 7. D · Voluntary manslaughter
  8. 8. C · Switching off did not break the chain; the original assailants caused the deaths

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