Reference no: EM133523388
Questions
1. Elements of the Offence are: Legal Requirements of the Offence and Found in the statute (and the way the statute has been interpreted).
True or False
2. Two essential Elements of an Offence are: Actus Reus, and Mens Rea.
True or False
3. Provide definitions for:
ACTUS REUS -
MENS REA -
5. Name the three parts to Actus Reus (a hint it's the three C's):
6. A voluntary act or omission does not speak to Conduct of an offence.
TRUE FALSE
7. Circumstances that surround the act make it criminal.
TRUE FALSE
8. Certain crimes require particular harm to have been caused as Consequences.
TRUE FALSE
9. Certain crimes do not include consequences e.g. perjury, attempted murder, (sometimes called conduct crimes).
TRUE FALSE
10. In order to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, the onus is on the Crown.
True False
11. In order to obtain a conviction the Crown must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that each and every element of the offence with which the accused is charged was in fact committed by the accused.
TRUE FALSE
12. The levels of Mens Rea (Culpability) are to do something Purposely, Knowingly, Recklessly, Negligently, and open to Strict
Liability.
TRUE FALSE
13. Vicarious Liability is not Strict Liability for another person's crime.
(Bar owner allows a patron who is drunk to drive his car home).
TRUE FALSE
14. Components of Actus Reus are; Conduct, Circumstance, and Consequences.
TRUE FALSE
15. Conduct considers act or omission. Note same act may be crime in some circumstances, non-criminal in other circumstances.
TRUE FALSE
16. Circumstances surround the act do not make it criminal.
TRUE FALSE
17. Consequences require certain harm to have not taken place.
TRUE FALSE
18. There are three types of criminal offences: Summary Conviction being one. Name the remaining two:
19. In Dual Procedure (hybrid) offences who makes the decision as to how the charge will proceed in court?