Criminal law worksheet with answers

Which case is known for the "golden thread" that the prosecution must prove the defendant's guilt?

1. ADonoghue v Stevenson
2. BWoolmington v DPP
3. CR v Brown
4. DCarlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

Which Act provides the statutory framework for reasonable force in self-defence and householder cases in England and Wales?

1. AThe Sexual Offences Act 2003
2. BThe Human Rights Act 1998
3. CThe Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
4. DThe Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

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

1. AStole the goods personally
2. BKnew or believed the goods to be stolen
3. CKept the goods for over a month
4. DSold the goods for profit

Strict liability offences are offences where:

1. ALiability arises only if the defendant was negligent as to every element
2. BOnly intentional acts count
3. CThe defendant must confess
4. DNo mens rea is required for at least one element of the actus reus

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

Two adult friends agree to a fist fight in the street, and one breaks the other's nose. Following A-G's Reference (No 6 of 1980), consent is:

1. AA full defence, because both adults freely agreed to the fight and accepted the risk of injury
2. BA defence only if the fight was planned in advance
3. CRelevant only to the sentence and never to guilt
4. DNo defence, because a street fight causing actual bodily harm is not in the public interest

In R v Cheshire, the court held that negligent medical treatment of a gunshot victim:

1. AMakes the doctors liable for murder
2. BBroke the chain of causation whenever it was negligent enough to be the immediate medical cause of death, even if the wound still operated
3. CDid not break the chain of causation unless it was so independent and potent that the original wound became insignificant
4. DAlways breaks the chain of causation

In R v Lloyd (1985), a cinema employee lent films to be copied and returned them within hours. The court held there was no theft because:

1. AThe films were returned with their "goodness or virtue" not wholly exhausted
2. BCopying films was not illegal at the time
3. CThe employee had the cinema's permission to borrow the films for a short time
4. DFilms are intangible property that cannot be stolen