LAW4332 - CRIM LAW 2 EXAM NOTES

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Topic 2: Criminal Procedure - Question and investigation - Charging people - Charge, arrest, search and seizure - Legal Protections o Custody o Duties after arrest o Tape recordings - Bail - Prosecuting offences - Trial process Topic 3: Criminal Responsibility & Defences - Contesting a criminal charge - Mental illness o Fitness to stand trial o Mental impairment defence o Automatism o Duress o Sudden of extraordinary emergency o Intoxication Topic 4: Strict and Absolute Liability - Actus reus - Mens rea - Defences o Honest and reasonable mistake Topic 5: Drug Offences - Drug of dependence - Types of drug offences o Use o Possession o Trafficking o Trafficking in quantity o Trafficking to a child o Attempted trafficking - Defences Topic 6: Property Offences - Theft - Obtaining Property by Deception - Obtaining Financial Advantage by Deception - Robbery - Armed Robbery - Burglary - Aggravated burglary – Armed - Aggravated burglary – Presence Topic 7: Attempts - D intended to commit an indicatable offence - D attempted to commit that offence Topic 8: Complicity - Involved in the commission of an offence - Divergence - Withdrawal - Penalties o Derivative liability o Innocent agency - Assisting offenders afterwards Topic 9: Corporate Criminal Liability - Agency model - Identification model - Corporate culture model - Penalty