OCR - acteus reus

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What is acteus reus?
physical element of crime
what is a conduct crime?
accused's conduct forms te offence and there is no required consequence of the crime
What is a consequence crime?
the consequence element must appen for the offence to be committed
what are voluntary acts? 
the act or omission must be voluntary on the part of the defendant
r v hill and Baxter
What are state of affairs crimes? 
A conviction of a d when the act was not desired by the d
r v lassonneur
What is an omission? 
A failure to act
What are the 6 omissions?
Act of parliament
contractual duty - r v pittwood
relationship between d and v - r v gibbins and proctor
voluntarily taken - r v stone and dobinson
official position - r v Dytham
chain of events - r v miller
what are the 2 types of causation?
Factual and legal
What is factual causation?
D can only be guilty if the consequences would not ave happened “but for” the ds conduct
r v pagett
What is legal causation?
the chain of causation musnt be broken in order to pass causation
How can the chain of causation be broken?
act of a third party - r v smith
victims own act - r v roberts
natural unpredictable event
What is the thin skull rule?
Take your victim as you fin them
r v blaue
what is transferred malice?
the d can be guilty if he or she intended to commit a similar crime but against a different victim
r v latimer
what is the coincidence of AR and MR (contemporaneity rule)?
when both AR and MR must be present at the same time
Fagan v metropolitan police commissioner

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