murder mr

Cards (8)

  • what does murder not need to be?
    pre-meditated or malicious
  • what is express malice?
    the intention to kill
  • what is implied malice?

    intention to cause gbh
  • what case confirmed that the intention to do gbh will satisfy a murder conviction?
    vickers
  • in what case did the house of lords confirm the decision made in vickers?
    cunningham
  • what case defined indirect intention?
    woollin
  • what is the test for indirect intention as given in woollin?
    a result foreseen as virtually certain is an intended result
  • what must be proved in order to establish indirect intention?
    the defendant foresaw the criminal consequence as a virtually certain consequence and continued anyway