Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Criminal Negligence, Mens Rea, Actus Reus

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

Document Summary

Simultaneous principal a crime requires both actus reus and mens rea together/simultaneously. Intention (and wilful blindness) subjective: deli(cid:271)e(cid:396)ate, k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g (cid:272)i(cid:396)(cid:272)u(cid:373)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es of a(cid:272)tio(cid:374), (cid:449)hat is i(cid:374) the a(cid:272)(cid:272)used"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d, subjective does not include: Remoteness how unlikely something is to happen does not affect intent. Knowledge of illegality whether one knows action is illegal does not matter, intention only impacts the intent of said action. Motive why something is done does not impact if someone intends to do something or not. Duggan case motive was not explicitly to steal i. e. theft (shoplifting) a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t they did (cid:374)ot (cid:862)i(cid:374)te(cid:374)d(cid:863) to take it, (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t to pay. Onus on crown to prove intent beyond reasonable doubt, but intent can be proven subjectively: wilful blindness (similar to recklessness) su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ely, i(cid:374)te(cid:374)t is (cid:374)ot i(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:272)used"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d. Treated as if intention if found wilfully blind. Could you have known, deliberately shut eyes to legality of issue: r. v. currie (1975)