R v Nedrick

R v Nedrick

R v Nedrick (Ransford Delroy) (1986) 8 Cr. App. R. (S.) 179 is an English criminal law case dealing with mens rea. The court said that there may be no case where intention to offend is inferred, unless the actions of the defendant are so dangerous, that death or serious injury is a virtual certainty.

The defendant poured paraffin oil through the letterbox of a house attempting to frighten the owner who he had a grudge against. The house and set alight resulting in a child being killed.

The court set down model guidance for juries in cases where intention was unclear:

“Where the charge is murder and in the rare cases where the simple direction is not enough, the Jury should be directed that they are not entitled to infer the necessary intention unless they feel sure that death or serious bodily harm was a virtual certainty (barring some unforeseen intervention) as a result of the defendant's actions and that the defendant appreciated that such was the case …The decision is one for the Jury to be reached upon a consideration of all the evidence.” [ ( [1986] 1 W.L.R. 1025)]

This quote simply meaning that 2 questions were to be satified in regard to intent:
1 - That the result wa s a virtual certainty of the action.
AND
2 - That the defendant realised that the result was a virtual certainty of his action

The court said that he should have foreseen that consequences of his actions, and therefore inferred intention to cause injury. The charge was lessened to manslaughter however.

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nedrick Young — Born March 23, 1914(1914 03 23) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Died September 16, 1968(1968 09 16) (age …   Wikipedia

  • Nedrick Young — (* 23. März 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † 16. September 1968 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US amerikanischer Filmschauspieler und Drehbuchautor, der unter seinem Pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas 1959 den Oscar in der Kategorie bestes… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • La Chaîne (film) —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir La Chaîne.  La Chaîne Données clés Titre original The Defiant Ones Réalisation Stanley Kramer …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dead Men Walk — Film poster for Dead Men Walk Directed by Sam Newfield Produced by …   Wikipedia

  • Inherit the Wind — Procès de singe Procès de singe Une image du film Titre original Inherit the Wind Réalisation …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Procès de singe — Une image du film Données clés Titre original …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Defiant Ones — La Chaîne (film)  Pour l’article homonyme, voir La Chaîne.  La Chaîne Titre original The Defiant Ones Réalisation Stanley Kramer Acteurs principaux Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay — The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. It is awarded each year to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (usually a novel, play, or short …   Wikipedia

  • The Defiant Ones — Infobox Film | name =The Defiant Ones caption =original film poster director = Stanley Kramer producer = Stanley Kramer writer =Nedrick Young (story) Harold Jacob Smith starring =Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Theodore Bikel Cara Williams… …   Wikipedia

  • Inherit the Wind — is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, which opened on Broadway in January 1955; a 1960 Hollywood film based on the play; and three television remakes. It was recently brought back onto Broadway in a revival. The play s title comes… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”