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OUTLINE
Criminal Law
Crime
Defences
Liability
Levels of crime
Levels of Punishment
CRIME
CRIME
CRIME
Mens rea
Actus Reus
ACTUS REUS
Conduct
Circumstances
Requires proof of the defendants action. Central to most crimes. May not
require proof of any result or circumstance.
Consequence
MENS REA
RECAP
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DEFENCES
that despite the actus reus and mens rea being present,
there is some justifying or excusing circumstance
CAPACITY
So what is capacity?
DEFENCES
Insanity
Intoxication
Mistake
Infancy
General Defences
Duress
Necessity
Superior orders
Entrapment
Impossibility
Insanity
To instruct counsel
INTOXICATION
MISTAKE
DPP v Morgan
INFANCY
CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES
CRIMINAL PROCESS IN
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
PRE-TRIAL TO APPEALS
RIGHTS
Constitutional Rights
REFERENCES