Criminal law worksheet with answers

The principle "nullum crimen sine lege" means that:

1. AThere is no crime without a law defining it beforehand
2. BLaws apply retroactively
3. CJudges can create new crimes freely
4. DAll crimes are punished with prison

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

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

An attempt to commit a crime means:

1. ATalking to a friend about a crime
2. BDoing more than merely preparatory acts with intent to commit the offence
3. CPlanning a crime in detail and buying the equipment needed later to commit it
4. DCommitting the full offence

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

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

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

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

In R v Windle (1952), the court interpreted "wrong" in the M'Naghten Rules to mean:

1. AWrong according to the defendant's own beliefs
2. BWrong in the eyes of a doctor
3. CMorally wrong by society's standards
4. DLegally wrong

In R v Gullefer (1990), D ran onto a greyhound track to get the race declared void and recover his bet. The Court of Appeal held:

1. AHis acts were merely preparatory, as he had not embarked on the "crime proper"
2. BImpossibility gave him a complete defence
3. CAttempt requires the last act before the crime
4. DHe was guilty of attempted theft, as running onto the track was more than preparatory