Question

question 7 (1 point)
lucretia is a single mother who is trying to raise her young daughter, nell (age 7), as best she can. nell has diabetes and lucretia’s physician has told her that nell will die if she does not have regular injections of insulin. one day, lucretia believes that she has experienced a vision and that an angel has told her that nell has been cured and no longer needs her injections. lucretia stops giving her daughter the insulin and nell eventually goes into a coma. by the time nell is taken to hospital, it is too late to save her and she dies.
the crown charges lucretia under s.215: duty of persons to provide the necessaries of life.
what is the conduct for the ar for section s.215?

a) failure to provide the necessities of life

b) there is a relationship of dependence between the two parties.

c) one person suffers physical harm because of the actions of another person.

d) all of the above.

Explanation:

To determine the actus reus (AR) for section s.215 (Duty to provide necessaries of life), we analyze each option:

• Option a: Lucretia failed to give Nell insulin (a necessity for life), so this is the conduct (action/omission) for AR.
• Option b: The relationship of dependence is part of the legal duty’s existence (not the conduct for AR).
• Option c: Physical harm is a result, not the conduct (AR focuses on the act/omission, not the harm’s outcome).
• Option d: Incorrect, as b and c do not qualify as the conduct for AR.

Answer:

a) Failure to provide the necessities of life