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1.Easy

Burglary in English law (section 9 Theft Act 1968) requires that the defendant entered a building or part of a building:

  1. AWhile armed
  2. BAt night time
  3. CAs a trespasser
  4. DBy breaking a lock
2.Easy

In criminal cases, the prosecution must usually prove guilt:

  1. ABeyond reasonable doubt
  2. BWith a confession
  3. CWith at least three witnesses
  4. DOn the balance of probabilities
3.Easy

In English law, a "wound" for section 20 OAPA 1861 requires:

  1. AA break in both layers of the skin
  2. BLoss of consciousness
  3. CAny visible bruise on the body
  4. DA broken bone
4.Medium

Oblique (indirect) intention in English law (R v Woollin) exists when:

  1. AThe result was merely possible
  2. BDeath or serious harm was a virtual certainty and the defendant appreciated this
  3. CDeath was a foreseeable consequence that a reasonable person would have appreciated
  4. DThe defendant did not foresee any harm
5.Medium

Duress as a defence is generally NOT available in English law to a charge of:

  1. AMurder
  2. BCriminal damage
  3. CDrug possession
  4. DTheft
6.Medium

D, carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note, walks towards a post office to rob it but is arrested outside before entering. Under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, D is most likely guilty of:

  1. ABurglary, because D intended to enter the building
  2. BNothing as attempted robbery yet, because D has not gone beyond preparation
  3. CAttempted robbery, because D was carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note
  4. DRobbery, because the intention was proved
7.Hard

Conspiracy in English law requires:

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

In Airedale NHS Trust v Bland (1993), the House of Lords held that withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from a patient in a persistent vegetative state:

  1. AWas an omission that was lawful because continued treatment was no longer in the patient's best interests
  2. BWas lawful because the patient had made an advance decision
  3. CWas a positive act of killing, amounting to murder
  4. DWas lawful only because the patient's family had given consent, which is required for any such withdrawal

Answer key

  1. 1. C · As a trespasser
  2. 2. A · Beyond reasonable doubt
  3. 3. A · A break in both layers of the skin
  4. 4. B · Death or serious harm was a virtual certainty and the defendant appreciated this
  5. 5. A · Murder
  6. 6. B · Nothing as attempted robbery yet, because D has not gone beyond preparation
  7. 7. D · An agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, with intent that it be carried out
  8. 8. A · Was an omission that was lawful because continued treatment was no longer in the patient's best interests

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