Non-existent crime: This arises where the accused believes that what he is doing is an offence, whereas it is in fact lawful. You cannot turn a lawful act into an unlawful act. Therefore a prosecutor, seeking to convict a defendant of an offence, relying on the defendant's intent to do something else which is not in itself a crime, will not succeed: [case].
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R v Taafe [1983] 2 ALL 625
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Non-existent crime: This arises where the accused believes that what he is doing is an offence, whereas it is in fact lawful. You cannot turn a lawful act into an unlawful act. Therefore a prosecutor, seeking to convict a defendant of an offence, relying on the defendant's intent to do something else which is not in itself a crime, will not succeed: [case].
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#attempt #crime #inchoate #law
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Non-existent crime: This arises where the accused believes that what he is doing is an offence, whereas it is in fact lawful. You cannot turn a lawful act into an unlawful act. Therefore a prosecutor, seeking to convict a defendant of an offence, relying on the defendant's intent to do something else which is not in itself a crime, will not succeed: [case].
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R v Taafe [1983] 2 ALL 625
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