Single crime, dual crime and another? Expansion of the concept of joint liability under section 34 of the Penal Code – Public Prosecutor v Azlin Bte Arujunah and other appeals [2022] 2 SLR 825

Authors

Ting Xuan Jordan CHIA, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Natalia Mai DO NGOC, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Case note/Digest

Publication

Singapore Law Journal (Lexicon) (Reissue)

Publication Date

6-2023

Abstract

It is well-understood that for most crimes to be established, the requirements of actus reus (the physical element) and mens rea (the mental element) need to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. However, in situations involving joint offenders, if one of the offenders dealt the fatal blow, while the other offender acted as a lookout, can the other offender really be said to have the actus reus of the particular offence?

Disciplines

Asian Studies | Criminal Law | Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Subject(s)

Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship

ISSN/ISBN

2737-5048

Publisher

SMU Lexicon, SMU School of Law

Version

publishedVersion

Copyright Holder

Singapore Management University

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Format

application/PDF

Citation

CHIA, Ting Xuan Jordan and DO NGOC, Natalia Mai. Single crime, dual crime and another? Expansion of the concept of joint liability under section 34 of the Penal Code – Public Prosecutor v Azlin Bte Arujunah and other appeals [2022] 2 SLR 825. (2023). Singapore Law Journal (Lexicon) (Reissue). 3, 202-232.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sljlexicon/24

Volume

3

Page

202-232