Transferred Malice
- Created by: bethany-grant
- Created on: 20-05-16 11:02
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- Transferred Malice
- Definition
- Occurs when the defendant Mens Rea is transferred from the intended victim to the actual victim.If the defendant has the Mens Rea of a crime and commits the Actus Reus he is guilty despite it being different from what was intended. The Mens Rea is simply transferred to the new Actus Reus.
- Crimes of the Same Type
- Transferred Malice only applies to crimes of the same type. (Rv Latimer (1886) and Rv Mitchell (1983).
- Crimes of a Different Type
- Malice can't be transferred between crimes of a different type. The harm done must be of the same kind as the harm intended. (Rv Pembliton (1874).
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