Criminal law worksheet with answers

Unlawful act manslaughter is a form of:

1. AAttempted murder
2. BVoluntary manslaughter
3. CDiminished responsibility
4. DInvoluntary manslaughter

Under section 4 of the Theft Act 1968, which of these cannot normally be stolen?

1. AMoney
2. BLand
3. CA bank balance
4. DA bicycle

An omission (failure to act) can lead to criminal liability when:

1. AAny person failed to help a stranger
2. BThe defendant was asleep
3. CThe defendant had a legal duty to act
4. DNever, in any legal system

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

1. AThe only cause of the result
2. BA factual and legal cause of the result
3. CMorally wrong
4. DIntended to cause the result in every case

D puts poison in V's drink intending to kill her, but V dies of an unrelated heart attack before the poison works. D is guilty of:

1. AManslaughter
2. BNo offence at all
3. CMurder
4. DAttempted murder

For malicious wounding or inflicting GBH under section 20 OAPA, the defendant must at least have foreseen:

1. AThat serious harm would certainly result
2. BThat the victim would die
3. CNothing, because it is strict liability
4. DThat some physical harm might result

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

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

The Gammon (Hong Kong) v Attorney-General (1985) criteria are used to decide whether:

1. AThe presumption of mens rea is displaced, making an offence strict liability
2. BA defendant was acting under duress
3. CAn appeal should go to the Supreme Court
4. DAn omission can lead to criminal liability