Crimes in Criminal Law

The Good Samaritan Law

is a legal concept, gives legal protection to the good Samaritans who help accidents victims with emergency medical care within the "Golden Hour".

What is automatism?

When a defendant commits a crime without having full control over their mind.

What is murder?

the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another:

What is voluntary manslaughter?

Voluntary manslaughter is a form of homicide that occurs without premeditation, deliberation, or malice aforethought.

What is involuntary manslaughter?

Involuntary manslaughter is a type of homicide where death occurs unintentionally. It can happen due to an unlawful and dangerous act, criminal negligence, or reckless behaviour^.

What is common assault?

• Any act by which a person intentionally or recklessly causes another to apprehend immediate and unlawful violence.

• Striking, touching, or applying force to another without legal justification.

• An assault where no injury is occasioned to the victim, or the injuries are merely transient or trifling.

• It does not require the use of physical force.

What is assault in involving bodily harm?

A person commits an Assault Causing Bodily Injury by deliberately or recklessly causing bodily injuries to another individual. Assault causing bodily harm is a hybrid offence or dual offence and is punishable with imprisonment^.

What is grievous bodily harm?

Grievous bodily harm is a serious form of assault that causes or is likely to cause permanent or life-threatening injury to the victim^, It includes the loss of a distinct part or an organ of the body, serious disfigurement, the destruction of a foetus, or the contraction of a grievous bodily disease. It is a criminal offence that carries severe penalties.

What is theft?

the action or crime of stealing, dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.

What is robbery?

Robbery is a crime that involves taking someone's property by force or threat of force.

What is burglary?

Burglary is a crime that involves unlawful entry into a building or structure with the intent to commit a crime.

What is fair labelling?

refers to the naming and classification of offences and defences.

What is the correspondence principle?

In law, the correspondence principle is the basic idea that each element within the actus reus of an offence should have a parallel mens rea requirement.

What is actus reus?

the latin term for “guilty act” and the actual act of doing the illegal thing,

What is mens rea?

latin term for the guilty mind, the intention or knowledge of wrongdoing that constitutes part of a crime, as opposed to the action or conduct of the accuse.

What is maximum certainty?

Maximum certainty in law is a degree of certainty that precludes all argument, inference, or presumption against the party, pleading¹. It is a technical accuracy that is not liable to the most subtle and scrupulous objections.

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