Criminal law worksheet with answers

A defendant who did not know what they were doing because of a severe mental disease may rely on:

1. AProvocation
2. BDuress
3. CNecessity
4. DInsanity

Diminished responsibility is a partial defence available only to a charge of:

1. ARobbery
2. BTheft
3. CMurder
4. DRape

The defence of duress requires a threat of:

1. ALosing one's job
2. BDeath or serious injury
3. CDamage to one's property
4. DPublic embarrassment

D swaps price labels on two items in a supermarket, intending to pay the lower price. Following R v Morris, the appropriation took place when D:

1. ASwitched the labels, assuming one of the owner's rights
2. BPaid at the checkout
3. CPut the item in the trolley
4. DLeft the shop without paying

D drives a car she believes is her own, but which is actually V's identical car. She is not guilty of theft because:

1. AThe car was insured by V
2. BShe is not dishonest and lacks intent to deprive another
3. CCars cannot be stolen under the Theft Act
4. DShe returned it the next morning

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

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

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

1. AThe till contained money at the time
2. BEntering a part of a building as a trespasser is enough
3. CShops are treated as dwellings in law
4. DD was carrying a weapon at the time

In Sweet v Parsley (1970), a landlady was convicted of being concerned in the management of premises used for smoking cannabis. The House of Lords:

1. AHeld that cannabis offences require a commercial purpose
2. BQuashed the conviction, holding that mens rea is presumed unless Parliament clearly excludes it
3. CUpheld the conviction because drug offences are always strict liability in order to protect public health
4. DHeld that landladies have a duty to search their tenants