crimes
21 September 2021 exam multiple
choice
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LAW NOTES
, Multiple Choice:
Question 1
(i) If Z bribes X to murder Y, and X in fact murders Y, Z is known as a
direct perpetrator.
(ii) In applying the common purpose doctrine, a finding that a person
acted in common purpose with another person can only be made if
there is proof of a prior conspiracy between the two persons.
(iii) An accessory after the fact is not a participant to the crime, because
he did not further the commission of the crime.
(1) Only statement (i) is correct.
(2) Only statements (i) and (ii) are correct.
(3) Only statement (iii) is correct.
(4) Only statements (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(5) Only statements (i) and (iii) are correct.
Question 2
(i) In Davies 1956 (3) the Appeal Court held that the commission of a so
called putative crime is nevertheless punishable as attempt.
(ii) Two or more people can be convicted of conspiracy only if there is
proof that they were in communication with each other.
(iii) If X voluntarily withdraws from his or her criminal conduct at a
stage before his or her conduct amounts to an act of consummation, he
or she is guilty of attempt.
(1) Only statement (i) is correct.
(2) Only statements (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(3) Only statements (i) and (iii) are correct.
(4) Only statement (iii) is correct.
(5) Only statement (i) is correct.
Question 3
(i) Public violence can only be committed in a public place.
(ii) The crime of common-law perjury can only be committed if the
particular statement is made orally.
(iii) If X attempts to induce Y, a witness in a court case to give false
evidence in court, X’s conduct may amount to committing the crime of
defeating or obstructing the course of justice.
(1) Only statements (i) and (iii) are correct.
(2) Only statements (i) and (iii) are correct.
(3) Only statement (ii) is correct.
(4) Not one of these statements are correct
(5) Only statement (iii) is correct.
Question 4