LAW1114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Preterm Birth, Malice Aforethought, United Grand Lodge Of England
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To establish the ar of any homicide, start with: voluntary act, causing death. And then check if there is the mr for murder: intention to kill or cause gbh (or transferred malice): recklessness as to death or gbh; or, constructive murder under s. 3a of the crimes act or. If there is no mr for murder, consider the alternative offences of: under the common law (cid:494)escape-murder(cid:495) rule. Common law homicide: murder (principles from the common law. Penalty: s. 3 ca= life imprisonment: manslaughter (principles from the common law. Unlawful and dangerous act (uda) manslaughter (wilson); and/or. She is guilty of infanticide, and not of murder, and liable to level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum). Background to homicide: vic: 248 recorded homicide offences in 2017. Cf. about 80,000 non-fatal oaps in vic per year: most homicides occur in community locations, majority of homicide offenders and victims are male. Women most likely killed by intimate partner.
