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Chapter 9 Multiple choice questions
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During an attack, V is forced to submit to oral sex by D, who places his penis in V's mouth. The offence D has committed is:
Assault by penetration
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Sexual assault
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Battery
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Rape
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Which of the following statements is correct regarding the burden of proof in rape (there may be more than one correct answer):
The prosecution bears the burden of proving lack of consent to penile penetration.
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The defence bears the burden of proving consent to penile penetration.
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The prosecution bears the burden of proving lack of honest belief in consent.
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The defence bears the burden of proving lack of reasonable belief in consent.
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Under S74 SOA 2003, which of the following is NOT included within the definition of consent:
Choice
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Agreement
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Submission
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Capacity
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D has sexual intercourse with V, who is so drunk that she does not know what she is doing. Which of the following represents the law:
V will lack the capacity to consent, and a rebuttable presumption will arise under s75[2][d] SOA 2003.
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V will lack the capacity to consent and the issue of agreement by choice under s74 SOA 2003 will arise.
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V will not lack the capacity to consent because she was still conscious.
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V was willing and should have known better.
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Which of the following circumstances do NOT give rise to a rebuttable presumption of lack of consent under s75 SOA 2003:
Deception as to the nature or purpose of the sexual act.
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V was asleep/unconscious.
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Fear of violence.
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Stupefaction/overpowerment.
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D's burden of proof in order to rebut a s75 presumption in relation to consent is which of the following:
That D must simply deny that V was non-consenting.
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That D must establish belief in V's consent beyond all reasonable doubt.
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That D must establish on a balance of probabilities that he reasonably believed in consent.
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That D must totally destroy the credibility of the victim.
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D is V's singing teacher. V is an innocent young woman. D claims that sexual intercourse will improve her breathing technique, on the basis of which she agrees to sex. Which of the following is correct:
V will have consented by choice under s74 SOA 2003.
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V will not have consented due to incapacity.
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V's consent will be undermined by D's deception as to his purpose.
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V's consent will be undermined by D's deception as to the nature of the act.
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D deceives a non-English speaking V into thinking that she is attending a register office for their wedding, whereas it is simply an administrative appointment. In the belief that she is married, V agrees to sexual intercourse. Which of the following is correct:
V's consent to sexual intercourse was undermined by D's deception because she would not otherwise have agreed to it.
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V's consent was not undermined because the deception was as to neither nature, identity nor purpose as required by s76.
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V's consent was undermined because it is possible to argue under s76(2)(a) that D deceived her as to his purpose.
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V's consent was undermined because D deceived her as to the nature of the act.
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At D's rape trial, he asserted a defence of mistaken belief in consent. Which of the following is correct:
D will succeed if his belief is genuine.
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D will succeed if there is evidence that the victim has had several previous sexual partners.
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A merely honest belief will deny the MR for rape.
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D's belief needs to be both honest and reasonable.
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D has non-consensual sex with V. At his trial for rape, D asserts a reasonable belief in consent. D is a man with severe learning difficulties. Which of the following represents the law:
D's learning difficulties are irrelevant to the question of whether his belief was reasonable.
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D's learning difficulties mean that his belief was probably genuine and therefore he lacked MR.
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D lacks the capacity to form MR.
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D's learning difficulties will be taken into account in determining whether his belief was reasonable in all the circumstances.
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