Me. Stat. tit. 17-A § 33 : A - MAINE CRIMINAL CODE — GENERAL PRINCIPLES — CRIMINAL LIABILITY; ELEMENTS OF CRIMES — Result as an element; causation TEXT PDF 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. [ 2017, c. 432, Pt. C, §1 (NEW).] 2. In cases in which concurrent causation is generated as an issue, the defendants conduct must also have been sufficient by itself to produce the result. [ 2017, c. 432, Pt. C, §1 (NEW).] 17-A M.R.S. § 33 Amended by 2018SP2, c. 432,§ C-1, eff. 7/4/2018. 1981, c. 324, § 14 (NEW) .