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Practice question: Proximate Cause

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under Article 4(1), does an unintended result necessarily eliminate responsibility for a committed intentional felony?
  1. Yes, every result must have been precisely desired
  2. Yes, if death was delayed
  3. No; responsibility may extend to consequences naturally and logically resulting from the felony
  4. Yes, whenever medical treatment occurred
  5. No, because every subsequent event is automatically attributable

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — RPC Article 4(1): consequences of a committed felony.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/jun2021/gr_250895_2021.html — People v. Lalap, G.R. 250895, June 16, 2021, main decision: continuous causal sequence, immediate versus proximate cause and medical complications.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/mar2005/gr_155791_2005.html — Quinto v. Andres, G.R. 155791, March 16, 2005, main decision: proof of felony and causal connection.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/mar2023/gr_238798_2023.html — CICL XXX v. People, G.R. 238798, March 14, 2023, main decision: injury-caused death and medical-delay argument.

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