Criminal Law and Procedure Notes - elements of offences, case summaries and more

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Elements of all offences listed, case law and explanations of elements. Offences - Crimes Act Vic: Section 15A - intentionally causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence Section 16 - intentionally causing serious injury Section 18 - intentionally causing injury Section 15B - recklessly causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence Section 17 - recklessly causing serious injury section 18 - recklessly causing injury section 24 - negligently causing serious injury Common law assault - with and without force common law arrest police powers of arrest other police powers under the Crimes Act Police questioning Custody Charge Bail and bail tests Common Law murder - intentional and reckless section 4A - manslaughter by unlawful and dangerous act case law on homicide offences and causation/voluntariness/intention negligent manslaughter section 72 and 74 - theft section 75 - robbery section 75A - armed robbery Defences - self-defence, duress, sudden or extraordinary emergence, mental impairment Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981: section 73 - possession of a drug of dependence section 75 - use of a drug of dependence section 71AB - trafficking in a drug of dependence to a child section 71AC - simple trafficking in a drug of dependence Common law trafficking Section 71AA - trafficking in a commercial quantity section 71 - trafficking in a large commercial quantity