TRANSFERRED MALICE

TRANSFERRED MALICE

CRIMINAL LAW AS to help students with their studying . This quiz is about transferred malice.

published on February 11, 2013
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What is transferred malice?

mental element of the offence
the intention to commit a crime but against a different victim
a link between the defendant's act and the victim's injuries
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The name of the case where the defendant threw a stone intending to hit people with whom he had been fighting?

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What happened in Latimer?

a girl jumped from a car in order to escape from sexual advances
defendant aimed to hit a man with a belt but the belt bounced off and struck a woman in the face
defendant tore a gas meter from the wall of an empty house this caused gas to seep into the house next door where a woman was affected
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What happens if the crime is different from what intended?(transferred malice)

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Why the defendant in Pembliton wasn't guilty?

crime was different froom what intended
he was reckless
there was no mens rea
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The defendant doesn't have a specific victim in mind

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Which one is a general malice crime?

a person who starts killing his ex-bosses because they didn't want to promote him/her
a terrorist who plants a bomb in an offiice with the intention to kill anyone who happens to be there
a woman with the intention to cause GBH to her husband who cheat on her.twice.
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There can be transferred malice only when

Hint: 2 choices
person to person
object to person
object to abject