17-A §33. Result as an element; causation
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 2: CRIMINAL LIABILITY; ELEMENTS OF CRIMES
§33. Result as an element; causation
Unless otherwise provided, when causing a result is an element of a crime, causation may be found where the result would not have occurred but for the conduct of the defendant operating either alone or concurrently with another cause, unless the concurrent cause was clearly sufficient to produce the result and the conduct of the defendant was clearly insufficient. [1981, c. 324, §14 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1981, c. 324, §14 (NEW).