Does the term "natural and probable consequences" apply to assault with a deadly weapon?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Smith, 57 Cal.App.4th 1470, 67 Cal.Rptr.2d 604 (Cal. App. 1997):
The term "natural and probable consequences" was imported into the law of assault with a deadly weapon in a confusing passage in People v. Rocha, supra.
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