murder ar

Cards (9)

  • whats the first element?
    unlawful killing
  • what case confirmed that any hastening of the moment of death counts as an unlawful killing?

    r v dyson
  • what case confirmed that the turning off of life-support does not break the chain of causation?
    malcherek and steel
  • whats the second element?
    reasonable creature in being
  • what two problems arise from the victim needing to be a reasonable creature in being?
    foetus‘ and brain-dead people
  • what case confirmed the requirement for a child being considered born alive?
    rance v mid-downs health authority
  • what case confirmed that it will not amount to murder if the act causing death occurred prior to a foetus being born?
    attorney generals reference (no. 3 of 1994)
  • what case confirmed that a person who is brain stem dead is legally recognised as dead?
    malcherek and steel
  • what is the third element?
    under the king’s peace