Insanity - Defences

a quiz for AQA Law Unit 3 Exam students on the defence of Insanity.

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1. Which of the following is the defence of insanity available for?

  • All offences except Assault and battery.
  • All offences except for strict liability offences and Common assault as a mens rea is required.
  • Only available to murder, manslaughter and s18 of the OAPA 1861.
  • Any offence where a mens rea is required. Not available for strict liability offences.
  • All offences
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2. Which of the following is the correct summary of the M'Naghten rules?

  • The defendant must be suffering a defect of reason which results from a disease of the mind which then causes the defendant to not know the nature/quality of his act or not know what he was doing was wrong.
  • The defendant must be suffering from a defect of reason and must be able to prove his insanity on the balance of probabilities.
  • The defendant must be suffering from a loss in control caused by an external factor which means he lacks the mens rea of the offence.
  • The defendant must be suffering from a recognised medical condition which impairs the defendants ability to understand the nature of his act and excersize self-control.

3. The case example of 'Clarke' showed what legal point relating to the law of insanity?

  • If the defendant knows that what he has done is legally wrong then he is not insane.
  • Insanity must be proved on balance of probabilities.
  • Mere absent-mindedness or confusion is not a defect of reason and is not insanity.
  • Insanity can be aplplied to a temporary organic or functional disease.

4. Which of the facts below corresponds to the case of 'Sullivan'?

  • The defendant injured his girlfriend whilst sleep walking.
  • The Diabetic who took a car after failing to take his insulin.
  • The defendant absent-mindedly took items from a supermarket.
  • The defendant injured his friend during an epileptic fit.
  • The defendant stabbed his neighbour whilst suffering from paranoid frenzys,

5. What was the legal point that was made by the case of 'Sullivan?'

  • For the defence of insanity to succeed no mens rea is required.
  • Organic and functional diseases are included in insanity and the defence can apply where the insanity is temporary.
  • Mere absent-mindedness or confusion is not a defect of reason and is not insanity.

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Thelma Osadebay

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i got 72%. thats pretty bad. but the quiz is pretty good though

Alice

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Good starter for my revision thanks :) 100% hoping for an A on Friday!

Alex Smith

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The last question was a stupid trick, not a nice quiz!

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