Criminal law worksheet with answers

Under section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957, who bears the burden of proving diminished responsibility?

1. AThe judge, on the medical evidence alone
2. BThe prosecution, beyond reasonable doubt
3. CNobody, as the jury decides freely
4. DThe defendant, on the balance of probabilities

Necessity was rejected as a defence to murder in the famous shipwreck case of:

1. AR v Brown
2. BR v Dudley and Stephens
3. CR v Collins
4. DR v Miller

Which of these is a "specific intent" offence in English law for the purposes of intoxication?

1. ABattery
2. BAssault occasioning actual bodily harm
3. CMurder
4. DManslaughter

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

D takes V's bag and is seen; a few seconds later D ties V up to escape. Following R v Hale, D is guilty of robbery because:

1. ATying up a victim is robbery even without theft
2. BAppropriation is a continuing act, so the force was used at the time of the theft
3. CAny force used on the victim within an hour of the theft automatically turns it into robbery
4. DThe bag was later recovered by the police

D is present when a crime is committed but does nothing to help or encourage it. Following R v Clarkson, D is:

1. AAn accessory, because D could have called the police
2. BThe principal, because D witnessed the whole crime
3. CNot an accessory, because mere presence without intent to encourage is not enough
4. DAn accessory, because voluntary presence at the scene always amounts to encouragement

Under the "transferred malice" doctrine, if A aims a blow at B but hits C:

1. AA is only liable for attempted harm to C
2. BB becomes liable for the harm to C
3. CA's intention towards B is transferred, so A can be liable for the harm to C
4. DA cannot be liable for harm to C because A had no mens rea at all in relation to C

Conspiracy in English law requires:

1. AA written plan
2. BAn agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, with intent that it be carried out
3. CThe crime to be actually committed
4. DAt least one of the conspirators to have carried out an overt act towards committing the agreed crime