English Criminal Law/Defences

Defences

Mistake

Intoxication Voluntary Intoxication is generally not a defence to the commission of crime. Involuntary Intoxication, on the other hand, is an affirmative defense on which a defendant bears the burden of proof. The defendant's burden of proof typically by a preponderance of the evidence, less than the prosecutions burden to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Infancy and mental disorder defences

Duress Duress must be to ones property, family or ones self.

Self-defence and necessity

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