Intention's AO2 points

1. 1The law has not created a balancing act, this does not allow juries to infer the intention of the D

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
2. 2Tick the reasons why intention is not easy to obtain

   1. ADirections on intention are not always necessary
   2. BThe net need to be widened
   3. CLack of clarity
   4. DAcademics criticise this area of law
3. 3Academics take the view that intention should be limited to direct intention

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
4. 4The jury should be left to find intent from foresight and this needs to be done

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
5. 5Foresight is not intention but evidence of intention

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
6. 6When the case reaches the appeal courts because a judge confused the issue by raising direct intent in the first place

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
7. 7If the jury agree that D foresaw a consequence as virtually certain, then they are entitled to find that D intended that consequence

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
8. 8A question that the courts will always ask when it comes to intention is when should the jury find intention based on evidence that D foresaw a virtually certain consequence

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
9. 9Finnis - 'a person who lets out their car and knows it will snow but does not put a shield on it' intends for snow to come

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
10. 10The phrases or words like 'highly probable' and 'highly likely'

    1. Aset the bar too high
    2. Bset the bar too low
    3. Cthere is no difference

11. 11Virtual certainty at least simplifies the language used & this makes the test more complex for juries

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
12. 12For the case of Matthews and Alleyne - the judge has not gone more than he permitted

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
13. 13On appeal Matthews and Alleyne knew that if they threw the v into the river then he would die

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
14. 14Intention must be judged from the D's perspective especially when there is a mandatory life sentence

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
15. 15Critics argue that...

    1. Amotive should be taken into account particularly the context of euthanasia where people have good motives
    2. BIt should only be taken into account when one is a murder
16. 16The Woollin case is not the leading case

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
17. 17Woollin is the leading case on intention but does solve all the problems for critics

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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A2 Law A2 Quiz on Intention's AO2 points , created by Charlotte Silvester on 21/01/2016.

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