Transferred Malice

• What is transferred malice?

  The defendant can be guilty if he/she intended to commit a similar crime but against a different victim
• Latimer


  Facts: d and blow with belt at a man. Belt struck a woman in thr face

  LP: intended to commit a different crime against a different victim, the mr is transferred to the real victim
• (Pembliton is not an example of this as the crimes were too varied to transfer liability)