LL4002 Criminal Law,Feb.Start
Though there is no definite definition of Murder but according to Lord Justice Coke, is ‘’the unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in rerum natura under the King’s peace, with malice aforethought...”
The prosecution would be able to prove Debra committed the actus reus of murder by causing grievous bodily harm. In this question, Debra inflicts unlawful harm by slamming the frying pan on Viktor’s head, which is the actus reus of murder. Debra has factual and legal cause of Viktor’s death. ‘But for’ her actions, he would not have died in (White [1910]2, KB 124). Her actions were operating and substantial cause of his death (Smith [1959]2, QB 35). Debra is legally liable for the cause of the result. The prosecution
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Loss of control defence is a partial under s54(1) of the coroners and justice Act 2009 in (Ahluwalia [1992]4 All ER 889), the explains that where a person kills or is a party to the killing of another ,defendant is not to be convicted of murder if a) act and omissions in doing or at the time of killing defendant must have suffered a loss of self-control b) that the loss of control must have been caused by a qualifying trigger under s55 and lastly someone of the same age and sex with a normal degree of tolerance in the same circumstance might have reacted the way the defendant did. There is no delay between the trigger, when hears Viktor laughing and Debra slams the frying pan on Viktor’s head, but this could be negated by the fact that she feels she cannot bear the stress anymore and wants to silence Viktor for ever. But if Debra could argue that there is a qualifying trigger that is fear or anger trigger to Debra loss of control because of her fear of serious violence from Viktor evidence of what she has gone through in the marriage. It was in this state of fear and anxiety Debra was when she heard Viktor laughing, she’s gripped with anger and believes he was laughing at her, fells seriously wrong and cannot bear the stress anymore which ended in her action. In my own view, it is very likely the defendant is able to rely on this defence in the sense that she has …show more content…
Jordan [2001] 2 WLR 211) makes provision for a person defendant who kills or is a party to the killing of another is not to be convicted of murder if defendant is suffering from a) abnormality of mental functioning b)which arose from a recognised medical condition c)must substantially impaired D’s ability to do one or more of the things (Lloyd [1966]) i) be able to understand the nature of his conduct ii) form a rational judgement iii) exercise self-control, as in the case of Bryne (1960). d) The abnormality must be able to provide an explanation to the cause of killing. Debra bears the legal burden of proof to prove this defence on a balance of probability that she was suffering from diminished responsibility at the time. In this scenario, she is suffering from long term anxiety and stress disorder which she is receiving treatment from her GP and a psychologist. This is a recognised medical condition. It is very likely that Debra will be able to rely on this defence if she is able to present a certification, a medical report from a recognised psychiatrist. The fact that Debra has been subjected to criticism and verbal abuse throughout the marriage this pressure has substantially impaired her rational judgement, which made her not to understand her irrational judgement, in her head she wants to silence Viktor
For s18 to be applicable, direct intention needs to be proven. When Direct Intention cannot be proven, oblique intention (as per Woolin, however more recently Matthews and alleyene” is applied, which has more criteria. When it comes to D “foreseeing some harm” it is obvious there is a direct intention as Dave had the knife, ran after Edward and stabbed him in the leg. The Actus Reus can also be seen when Dave stabs Edward in the leg.
The definition of murder can be found at s 302 of the Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) (‘the Code’), and the provisions as relevant to this case are as follows:
Yandrich v. Radic, plaintiff was not successful in his claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiff’s father committed suicide allegedly due to his depression from another son being killed by a car. 495 A.2d 460, 246 (Pa. 1981). The Court found that the father was not a witness because he was not in the immediate vicinity of the accident, and thus could not find for the plaintiff in this case. The differences between Yandrich and Ms. Nordlund’s claim outweigh their legal similarities, as the father in Yandrich did not see the scene of the accident like Ms. Nordlund did. Ms. Nordlund’s poor vision is a weakness in her claim, but having heard and seen the accident, (despite her blurry vision), may be strong enough to overcome
Murder is defined as an unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the King’s peace with malice aforethought, express or implied.
The Plaintiff, Keller, sued the defendant, DeLong. DeLong was driving Kellers car at Tyngsboro, Massachusetts at approximately 11:40p.m. on April 14, 1963, DeLong collided with a utility pole at the side of the highway. The Trial Court ruled that the sole cause of the accident was the fact that the defendant dozed off to sleep and did not awaken in time to avoid collision with the pole. The driver showed no sign he was going to fall asleep. Defendant, Carl DeLong, suddenly and unexpectedly dozed at the time of the occurrence of the accident. Defendant, DeLong, was not found negligent. Vacated; reversed, affirming trial court’s judgment.
Before going further, let me explain the charges you will hear. Section 222(5) defines murder as “a person commits culpable homicide when he causes the death of a human being.” Murder is first degree when it is planned and deliberate, and all murder that is not first-degree murder is second-degree murder. If Dr Kimball was provoked into killing his wife in the heat of passion then he will be guilty of manslaughter. However, the defence believes that he is not guilty. You will clearly hear the evidence to support this.
The Maybrick case is another occurrence of a spouse being harmed. Mrs. Maybrick was convicted for killing her husband with arsenic by the jury in light of circumstantial evidence. It appears like Mrs. Maybrick ought to have been absolved. The evidence against the spouse was that she had purchased arsenical flypaper and soon a while later Mr. Maybrick turned out to be sick with horrifying stomach and intestinal aggravation. Arsenic was found in his food The jury neglected to perceive that Mr. Maybrick was an incessant arsenic eater, which would clarify the arsenic around the house. She was blamed for poisoning the food with the lethal toxin. Mr. Maybrick however, had not eaten the food made by his wife the day that he turned out to be sick.
Elena Rodriguez was a 33 year old woman living in Cameron Park, Texas. On the day of July 5th, 2011 she thought that all of her seven children were in the house with her, but unfortunately her 3 year old son; Francisco, had snuck out of the house and accidentally locked himself in a van. 2 hours later Elena’s sister found the boy deceased, most likely as a result of being in the hot stuffy van for more than he could handle. Due to losing track of her son too long, Rodriguez was charged with manslaughter. Whether you think that this was the right charge or not, it is a proven fact that this women should not have been charged. It is specifically stated that under common law both the actus reus and mens rea must be present for the act to be considered
We, the Jury, find the defendant, Delia Jones, guilty of voluntary manslaughter; the defendant proves guilty of many aspects of this murder charge. The defendant claims to have been provoked prior to her actions, telling of how her merciless husband traumatized her through the vicious rattle snake attacking her after being staged, by her husband, in her laundry basket for her to return to. The murder of her husband, Sykes Jones, involves an extended period of time between the initial provocation, Delia discovering the snake that was intended to kill her, and his death. She had many reasons to murder her husband, but none of them justify or rationalize intentionally taking another human life.
Appellant contends that the district court erred in convicting her under the malicious-punishment statue as well as in ruling that the statute does not require proof of bodily harm. Accordingly, if proof of bodily harm is not required for conviction of malicious punishment, the statute is unconstitutionally vague.
When I spoke with my friend Demetria I was informed by her that she was at smoothie king with a friend of hers going to get a smoothie and she seen her baby father in the parking lot so she went outside to see if her baby was in the car and she was she said Romalis could she see her baby because she haven't seen her in months Romalis wouldn't let her he would leave and go to different places so she couldn't find him and they got into an argument and Romalis hit Demetria and then he pulled a gun out on her and her friend and because of that incident my friend Demetria ask me to come with her to go get her baby from Romalis house she didn't want any commotion she just wanted to get her daughter back when we got to the Romalis house Demetria knocked
This is case that faces Mary Barnett. The issue in this case is that On January 23, the litigant, Mary Barnett, left Chicago to visit her life partner in San Francisco having left her six-month-old little girl, Alison, unattended in the apartment. Mary Barnett returned home a week later to find that her child had died of dehydration. She called the police and at first, to let them know that she had left her kid with a baby sitter. She later expressed that she had left the child and she didn 't mean to return, and that she knew Alison would die in a day or two. She has been accused of wrongdoing of second-degree murder; purposeful homicide without intention. In the event that she is sentenced, she could face up to eighteen years in prison. This piece of writing tries to give the verdict of the case after critically examining both prosecution and defendant side.
The appellant’s second submission concerned the way the judge in the first instance referenced sudden and temporary loss of self-control to the jury in the direction. The appellant submitted that this direction was incorrect. He also proposed that the learned Judge’s direction regarding the appellant’s characteristics in an attempt to use the model set by Lord Diplock in DPP v Camplin. The counsel for the appellant criticized the learned judges direction on two grounds: Firstly, that the Judge did not mention that the appellant was suffering from a condition known as the battered woman’s syndrome which so affected her personality that it put her in a state of learnt helplessness. Secondly, that the list of characteristics should have been left open so that the jury may pick up on the fact that she suffered from a
In the poisoning trial, a man was murdered by his wife with the use of poison, administered by his maid. It is suggested that the wife who murdered her husband was unhappy with the way she was treated and claimed it was a perfectly valid reason to murder her husband. The husband was not affectionate. This violent act indicated that the basis of the marriage was not affection as the husband showed none and was subsequently murdered for it. Instead the husband saw the marriage as a simple way to have children and nothing more.
I think that people shouldn’t be punish for things that are outside their ability to control, but Mr. X circumstance he had to be given some type of sign that something wasn’t right with his conduct and should have look for some kind of help as a result of his conduct. The tumor on his amygdala particularly in the frontal cortex can cause many changes physically and emotionally which could have made him kill his wife. Some of the functions of the frontal are creative thought and emotional behavior. So, I think the argument is did Mr. X know right from wrong at the time.