§33. Result as an element; causation
1.
Unless otherwise provided, when causing a result is an element of a crime, causation may be found when the result would not have occurred but for the conduct of the defendant, operating either alone or concurrently with another cause.
[PL 2017, c. 432, Pt. C, §1 (NEW).]
2.
In cases in which concurrent causation is generated as an issue, the defendant’s conduct must also have been sufficient by itself to produce the result.
[PL 2017, c. 432, Pt. C, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 324, §14 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 432, Pt. C, §1 (RPR).