Law - Actus Reus

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1. Acceleration principle: what case was this said in? 'If her life was cut short by weeks or months it was just as much murder as it if were cut short by years'

  • Adams 1957
  • R v Blaue 1975
  • Haywood 1908
  • Kay v Butterworth
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2. What is the name of the case for circumstance crimes?

  • Haywood 1908
  • Winzar 1983
  • Adomako 1994
  • Kennedy 2007

3. The actus reus must be committed..

  • Voluntarily
  • Not voluntarily

4. You cannot commit the AR of a crime by omitting/failing to do something

  • Circumstance crimes
  • Consequence crimes
  • Crimes committing by omission
  • Conduct crimes

5. Where there is a duty under a contract to act : Medical cases : What was held in the case of Bland?

  • The doctors were allowed to stop feeding him because it was in the patients best interest.
  • HL refused this request declaring that he would not be immune from prosecution

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