Proximate Cause

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1. What is proximate cause in the criminal-causation inquiry?
2. Under Article 4(1), does an unintended result necessarily eliminate responsibility for a committed intentional felony?
3. Is proximate cause necessarily identical to the immediate physiological cause of death?
4. An unlawful stabbing causes severe internal injury. Medical evidence establishes an uninterrupted sequence from that wo…
5. A death certificate lists cardiorespiratory arrest. Other competent evidence proves that a stab wound caused the fatal …
6. An assailant intentionally inflicts an unlawful injury. The victim has a pre-existing vulnerability, and medical proof …
7. A person dies after a quarrel, but the evidence proves neither a felonious assault by the accused nor a causal link bet…
8. Distinguish immediate cause from proximate cause using a fatal stab wound followed by medical deterioration. Assume com…
9. An accused says a victim’s prior frailty alone defeats liability for death after an unlawful injury. Explain the proper…
10. Explain why Article 4(1) does not permit conviction for every harm occurring after an intentional felony.
11. Can a proved felonious injury be causally relevant where it accelerates death rather than being the only contributing c…
12. Does proximate causation require the injury and result to occur at the same instant?