Me. Stat. tit. 17-A § 33 : A - MAINE CRIMINAL CODE — GENERAL PRINCIPLES — CRIMINAL LIABILITY; ELEMENTS OF CRIMES — 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.

[ 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) .