Uni Melb Crim 85% Exam Notes

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TIPS: 5 Offences against the person 7 Chargebook 7 HYPO STRUCTURE 7 S15 CA: Injury 7 Section 15A: Intentionally causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence 8 Element: Intentionally 9 Element: Circumstances of gross violence 9 STS 10 Section 16: Causing serious injury intentionally. 13 STS 13 Section 18: Causing injury intentionally or recklessly. 14 STS 15 Section 15B: Causing serious injury recklessly in circumstances of gross violence. 15 Element: Recklessness 16 Law Reform Commission on Recklessness: 17 STS 17 Section 17: Causing serious injury recklessly. 18 STS 18 Section 24: Causing serious injury negligently. 19 STS 20 Common law assault 22 Common law assault – application of force: 22 Common law assault – not involving application of force: 24 Cases 26 R v Brown 26 Fagan v Metro. Police Commissioner 27 Policing and Bail 27 Chargebook 27 Possible essay 27 Arrest – elements 28 Legislative requirements. 28 Reasonable Grounds v Belief – s459 29 Reasonable grounds objectively assessed. 29 Use of force [bulk of analysis] 30 Arrest at common law 30 1 - Deprivation of liberty – Requirement 1 31 2 - Informed of arrest – Requirement 2 31 3 - Informed of the reason for the arrest – Requirement 3 31 What does it matter if an arrest is unlawful 31 Police Questioning 31 Police questioning - STS 33 Good policy essay: extent to which Victim’s attitude to prosecution should be given weighting. 33 Bail - Impacts 34 Bail determination 34 Step 1 – determination 34 Step - Bail – Aboriginal People 35 Step 2 - Surrounding circumstances – bail 35 Application of the bail act to certain crimes 36 Flowchart – which test applies? 36 Police Custody 38 Police questioning (s464A): 38 Arrest Hypo Template 39 STS – elements 40 Questioning – Flowchart 41 Bail – Flowchart 42 Murder 42 Chargebook 42 HYPO STRUCTURE 42 For homicide – a living human must be killed. 43 Homicide Offences: 43 Elements: Intentional/Reckless murder 44 Element 1: Causation 44 Element 2: Conscious, voluntary and deliberate 48 Element 3: intention or recklessness 48 STS 50 Intentional or Reckless Murder at Common Law 50 S3a – Punishment for Murder 58 Manslaughter 59 Chargebook 59 HYPO STRUCTURE 59 Introduction 60 Elements – UNLAWFUL act manslaughter 60 Elements - DANGEROUS act manslaughter 60 First element: Causation 60 Second element: Voluntariness 60 Third element: Unlawfulness 60 Fourth element: Dangerousness 61 STS 62 Manslaughter 62 s5 CA: Punishment of Manslaughter 66 s4A CA: Manslaughter—single punch or strike taken to be dangerous act 66 ‘One-Punch’ Manslaughter 67 Negligent Manslaughter 67 Chargebook 67 HYPO STRUCTURE 67 Introduction 68 Elements 68 Element 1: Duty of care 69 Element 2: Criminal Negligence 71 Element 3: Voluntariness 73 Element 4: Causation 74 STS 74 Negligent Manslaughter 74 s5 CA: Punishment of Manslaughter 84 Property Offences 84 Chargebook 84 HYPO STRUCTURE 85 Introduction 85 Theft Elements 85 Element 1a: property 86 Element 1b: Property belonging to another 86 Element 2: Appropriation 87 Element 3: intention to permanently deprive 90 Element 4: Dishonesty 92 Robbery 94 Elements 94 Element 2: does not need to have been the victim of theft that the force was used on. 95 Armed Robbery 96 Elements 97 Defences 98 Chargebook 98 Overview of defences 98 Duress 99 Elements: 100 Sudden or extraordinary emergency 105 Elements 106 Self-defence 108 Elements: 108 Family violence – relevant to self-defence/duress 113 Relevance to self-defence 114 Relevance to duress 114 Mental Impairment and Intoxication 115 Chargebook 115 Possible essay 115 Fitness to Stand Trial 115 Test – Section 116 Mental Impairment Defence 117 Hypo elements 118 Crime and intoxication 122 Intention 123 Voluntariness/means rea - Dutch Courage 124 Recklessness/intention (mens rea) – Knowledge/Awareness/Foresight 124 Intoxication re defences 124 Sexual offences 126 Consent 129 Rape (s38) 130 Compelled Rape (s39) 136 Sexual assault (s40) 137 Sexual assault by compelled sexual touching (s41) 139 Essay topics 140 Joint Liability 145 Chargebook 145 Hypo Steps: 145 Elements - s323(1)(a)  ONLY OFFENCE IS PRIMARY OFFENCE 146 Elements – s323(1)(b)  TWO OFFENCES – ORGANISED ONE, BUT ACTUALLY DID THE OTHER 146 Assisting, encouraging and directing – statute 146 Assisting, encouraging and directing – CL 147 Assisting, encouraging and directing – Mental Element 147 S 323(1)(c)  ONLY OFFENCE IS PRIMARY OFFENCE 148 S 323(1)(d) [UNLIKELY TO BE ASSESSED]  TWO OFFENCES – ORGANISED ONE, BUT ACTUALLY DID THE OTHER 148 “Withdrawal” – Analysis 148 “Agreement” – Analysis 149 S323(1)(a) – (b) - hypothetical 150 Chargebook 151 KEY - Overview 151 KEY - Statutory Complicity (From 1/11/14) 153 Sentencing 163