Does a student who was kidnapped and killed by the police have to be held responsible for his own death?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Nunez, B222962 (Cal. App. 2011):
occurred, but whether the homicide was a foreseeable result of the kidnapping. We are satisfied that any instructional error was harmless. (People v. Watson, supra, 46 Cal.2d at p. 836.)
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