Criminal law cases

• Hogg v MacPherson 1928 JC 15


  Actus reus; no voluntary act
• R v White [1910] 2 KB 124, CA


  Actus reus; no causal link
• H.M. Advocate v Kerr & others (1871) 2 Couper 334


  Actus reus; generally no liability for omissions; art and part liability
• Quinn v Lees 1994 SCCR 159

  Mens rea; a joke - motive
• Paton v H.M. Advocate 1936 JC 19

  Mens rea; recklessness
• Thabo Meli v R [1954] 1 WLR 228


  Interaction of actus reus and mens rea; conduct treated as a continuous act
• Roberts v Hamilton 1989 JC 91; 1989 SLT 399


  Interaction of actus reus and mens rea; transferred intent; assault
• H.M. Advocate v Robertson and Donoghue (1945)


  causation; take victim as you find them; involuntary culpable homicide; unlawful act
• McDonald v H.M. Advocate 2007 SCCR 10


  causation; victim's contribution
• H.M. Advocate v Fraser & Rollins 1920 JC 60


  Art and part liability; each liable for ultimate actus reus
• Gallacher v H.M. Advocate 1951 JC 38


  Art and part liability; spontaneous coming together
• Boyne v H.M. Advocate 1980 SLT 56


  Art and part liability; step outside the common plan
• H.M. Advocate v The Camerons (1911) 6 Adam 456


  Attempted crimes; preparation to perpetration
• Docherty v Brown 1996 JC 48; 1996 SLT 325


  Attempted crimes; impossible attempts
• West v H.M. Advocate 1985 SCCR 248


  Conspiracy; loitering suspiciously with weapons
• Baxter v H.M. Advocate 1997 SCCR 437


  Incitement; it is enough that the accused is serious
• Drury v H.M. Advocate 2001 SCCR 583

  Murder; "wicked intent" to kill; voluntary culpable homicide; provocation
• H.M. Advocate v Purcell 2008 JC 131


  Murder; wicked recklessness
• Petto v H.M. Advocate 2011 SLT 1043 


  Murder; foresight of consequences = intent to kill
• Tomney v H.M. Advocate [2012] HCJAC 138

  involuntary culpable homicide; lawful act
• Transco PLC v H.M. Advocate (No.1) 


  corporate homicides; charge of culpable homicide against a company
• John Roy 1839 Bell's Notes 88

  Assault; no intent to cause injury
• Smart v H.M. Advocate 1975 JC 30; 1975 SLT 65

  Assault; consent is no defence
• R v Brown [1994] 1 AC 212

  Assault; sado-masochism
• Stewart v Nisbet 2013 SCL 209


  Assault; error as to consent
• H.M Advocate v Harris 1993 JC 150


  recklessly causing injury, culpable and reckless injury/conduct, reckless endangerment; assault requires intent, but causing real injury by reckless conduct is also a crime
• Black v Carmichael 1992 SLT 897

  theft; temporary appropriation; extortion; demanding payment
• Adcock v Archibald 1925 JC 58; 1925 SLT 258

  Fraud; even a small practical result will suffice
• Byrne v H.M. Advocate (No. 2) 2000 JC 155


  Wilful fire-raising
• Smith v Donnelly 2001 SCCR 800

  Breach of the peace; gives definition
• Jones v Carnegie; Tallents v Gallacher 2004 JC 136


  Breach of the peace; interaction of articles 10 and 11 of ECHR