Klaw 110: Criminal Law Question Paper
Klaw 110: Criminal Law
Course:Bachelor Of Laws (Llb)
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2009
KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2009/20010 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS
COURSE CODE: KLAW 110
COURSE TITLE: CRIMINAL LAW
STREAM: Y1S2
DAY: TUESDAY
TIME: 2.00 – 4.00 P.M.
DATE: 10/08/2010
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER THREE
2. BE PRECISE AND CLEAR IN YOUR ANSWER
1. (a) Outline and distinguish the various mental attitudes one may have under our law,
as provided in statutes and judicial interpretation, with respect to any given actus reus.
(20 marks)
(b) Distinguish clearly between burglary and housebreaking, as offences. (5 marks)
2. The law does not hold one accountable for acts over which he does not exercise
conscious control even though they involve his physical exertions.” (S.9, Penal
Code Cap. 63 Laws of Kenya) What do you understand by this statement? Consider
its limitations, extensions and distinctions if any. (15 marks)
3. Briefly outline the criminal law relating to murder, manslaughter, and infanticide.
Discuss any defence/s available to each (15 marks)
4 “…. It is common knowledge that a man who has an unlawful and malicious intent against
another and, in attempting to carry out, injures a third person, is guilty of what the law deems malice against the person injured because the offender is doing an unlawful act, and has that which the judges call general malice and that is enough…….”
As per Lord Coleridge C.J. in R.V. Latimer (1886) 17 Q.B.D. 359.
Explain in relation to Kenyan Law. (15 marks)
5. “Throughout out the web of English criminal Law one golden thread is always to be seen, that it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner’s guilt….”
Explain, in relation to Kenyan Law, if applicable. (15 marks)
6. Outline and explain the defences of intoxication, insanity and provocation. (15 marks)
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