Chapter 10 Multiple choice questions

. Which of the following is FALSE?

An accessory is charged as the principal.

An accessory is tried as the principal.

An accessory is sentenced as the principal.

An accessory is the person who committed the principal crime.

. According to the Supreme Court in Jogee (2016) which two words can summarise the actus reus of being an accessory?

Aiding and abetting

Counselling and procuring

Inciting and conspiring.

Assisting and encouraging

. Aiding and abetting require what sort of conduct?

Helping P to commit the crime.

Conduct which causes P to commit the offence.

Conduct where A solicits the offence.

Presence at the scene of the principal offence.

. Which of the following is NOT an element of the mens rea for accessorial liability?

A intentionally assists P.

A knows his assistance is for P to commit a crime (the principal offence).

A knows that P might commit the crime (that is, A foresees the possibility the principal offence).

A intends for P to commit an agreed offence in an agreed way.

. In Thornton v Mitchell (1940) why was the accessory not guilty of aiding and abetting?

Because P has a defence.

Because P had not committed the offence.

Because P was liable for another offence.

Because P was simply an innocent agent.

. Which is the BEST description of the House of Lords' decision in Powell (1999)?

A may be convicted of murder where A contemplates that P might kill with intent to kill or cause GBH.

It is contrary to legal principle that an accessory to murder can be convicted on the basis of his foresight alone.

A may be convicted of murder only where A intends for death to be caused.

A may be convicted of murder only where A intends for P to cause death.

. Which is the BEST description of the House of Lords' decision in Jogee (2017)?

If P committed an act which was fundamentally different from that which they jointly contemplated, A could not be guilty of murder.

A can be guilty of murder if they intentionally assisted A in the crime of Murder.

P may be guilty of murder and A of manslaughter on the basis of what they each foresaw.

A did not know that P had a knife.

. Which of the following best describes "conditional intent" which Jogee (2018) said could suffice as the mens rea for being an accessory?

A intends P to commit the offence.

A foresees that P might commit the offence

A intends to assist P even if P commit commits the crime.

A reasonable person would foresee that P might commit the crime.

. Which of the following is TRUE?

In Becerra (1975), running off and shouting "let's go" were sufficient to constitute a withdrawal from the joint venture.

In Rook (1993) not turning up as planned was a sufficient withdrawal.

Withdrawal from a spontaneous joint venture is no different from withdrawal from a planned joint venture.

In Becerra (1975), running off and shouting "let's go" were not insufficient to constitute a withdrawal from the joint venture.

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