Title V. Penal Code
Chapter 2. General Requirements of Liability.
§ 202. Causation.
1. Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent but for which the result in question would not have occurred and no unlawful act occurred between the conduct and result which also contributed to the result, unless otherwise specified by law.
2. When intentionally causing a particular result is an element of a crime, the element is not established if the actual result is not within the intent of the defendant unless the intended result would be murder, assault, battery, cruelty to animals, false imprisonment, conversion, trespass to land, or trespass to chattels, and the actual result would be murder, assault, battery, cruelty to animals, false imprisonment, conversion, trespass to land, or trespass to chattels.
3. When recklessly or negligently causing a
particular result is an element of a crime, the element is not established if the actual
result is not within the risk of which the defendant is aware or should be aware unless
a.
the actual result differs from the probable result only in the respect that a different
person or different property is injured or affected or that the probable injury or harm
would have been more serious or more extensive than that caused; or
b.
the actual result involves the same kind of injury or harm as the probable result and is
not too remote or accidental in its occurrence to have a just bearing on the defendant's
liability or on the gravity of the crime.
4. When causing a particular result is a material element of a crime for which strict liability is imposed by law, the element is not established unless the actual result is a probable consequence of the defendant's conduct.