Criminal law worksheet with answers

In English law, a common assault (in the narrow sense) is committed when the defendant:

1. ACauses the victim serious bodily harm
2. BCauses the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force
3. CDamages the victim's property
4. DActually applies unlawful force to the victim's body, however slight

Which is the difference between theft and robbery in English law?

1. ARobbery is theft accompanied by force or the threat of force
2. BRobbery involves only cars
3. CRobbery does not require taking property
4. DTheft is always more serious than robbery

In criminal cases, the prosecution must usually prove guilt:

1. AWith a confession
2. BBeyond reasonable doubt
3. CWith at least three witnesses
4. DOn the balance of probabilities

D gets drunk voluntarily, mistakenly believes he is being attacked and stabs V. Under English law, D:

1. AHas a complete defence of intoxication
2. BCannot rely on a drunken mistaken belief in self-defence
3. CCan always rely on any honest belief, however it arose, in self-defence
4. DIs automatically guilty of murder

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

1. AMorally wrong
2. BIntended to cause the result in every case
3. CThe only cause of the result
4. DA factual and legal cause of the result

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 grievous bodily harm would be caused
4. DForesight that at least some actual bodily harm would result from the assault

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. BActing in a way that is against the law
3. CIntending the harm or foreseeing the risk of it and taking it anyway
4. DFailing to notice a risk an ordinary person would see

In R v Walkington (1979), D went behind a shop counter and opened a till. This was burglary because:

1. AEntering a part of a building as a trespasser is enough
2. BThe till contained money at the time
3. CD was carrying a weapon at the time
4. DShops are treated as dwellings in law