Robbery Mindmap and Rough Exam Plan
- Created by: Scragg
- Created on: 03-05-16 17:48
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- Robbery S8(1)
- Actus Reus
- Completed theft is required, as stated in R v Robinson
- Appropriation S3
- Property S4
- Belonging to another S6
- Robbery Elements
- Force or threat of Force
- Slightest of touches are sufficient
- Dawson and James
- Clouden
- Difficult to say there's been force use on a person if there is no contact
- P v DPP
- V need not be put in a state of fear. It is sufficient for D to attempt to put D in this state
- B and R v DPP
- Hypothetically, if the D waves the a knife at a blind person, then this may well be sufficient under this definition
- Slightest of touches are sufficient
- Force at the time or immediately before the theft
- Theft is a continuing act
- There are limits on this. Eveleigh LJ says they are a "matter of common sense"
- Hale
- Atakpu
- There are limits on this. Eveleigh LJ says they are a "matter of common sense"
- Must be used in order to steal
- Even if the robbery is not entirely successful, there can still be a robbery
- Corcoran and Anderton
- Theft is a continuing act
- Force or threat of Force
- Completed theft is required, as stated in R v Robinson
- Mens Rea
- Theft
- Dishonestly S2
- Intention to permanently deprive S6
- Robbery
- Must intend to use the force to steal
- Theft
- In the exam there are 2 possible ways to answer with the IDEA structure, however answering with both theft and robbery combined is prefered.
- 1st ( personally prefered way)
- I - Theft
- D - S1 TA 1968
- D(2) - S9 TA 1968
- E - Appropriation
- A - Apply
- E - Property
- A - Apply
- E - Belonging to another
- E - Force or threat of
- A- Apply
- E - Immediately before or at
- A- Apply
- E - Dishonestly
- A - Apply
- E - Intent to perm depri
- A - Apply
- E - Intent to force to steal
- A- Apply
- 1st ( personally prefered way)
- Actus Reus
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