Criminal law worksheet with answers

The defence of duress requires a threat of:

1. ADamage to one's property
2. BPublic embarrassment
3. CLosing one's job
4. DDeath or serious injury

In Dutch criminal law, "noodweer" (Article 41(1) Sr) is:

1. AA justification for necessary defence against an immediate unlawful attack
2. BA form of preparation for committing a crime
3. CA rule allowing police to stop and search people
4. DAn excuse based on a strong emotional disturbance caused by an unlawful attack

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

1. AKnew or believed the goods to be stolen
2. BSold the goods for profit
3. CStole the goods personally
4. DKept the goods for over a month

D buys a substance believing it is heroin and intends to sell it on. In fact it is harmless powder. Following R v Shivpuri, D is:

1. ANot guilty, because the substance was harmless
2. BNot guilty, because attempting the impossible is no offence under the 1981 Act
3. CGuilty of attempt, as impossibility is no defence under the 1981 Act
4. DGuilty of the full offence of dealing drugs

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. AIntention to cause actual bodily harm
2. BForesight that at least some actual bodily harm would result from the assault
3. CForesight that grievous bodily harm would be caused
4. DOnly the mens rea of assault or battery, with no foresight of harm needed

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

In R v Evans (2009), D supplied heroin to her half-sister, who overdosed. D failed to seek help. The Court of Appeal held:

1. AD was guilty of murder, because she supplied the drug
2. BD was liable because family members always owe each other a duty to seek medical help
3. CNo duty arose, because sisters owe each other no duties
4. DA duty arose because D had contributed to a life-threatening situation she knew of

In English law, the partial defence of loss of control reduces murder to:

1. AVoluntary manslaughter
2. BGrievous bodily harm
3. CInvoluntary manslaughter
4. DAn acquittal