Under what circumstances will a defendant be held criminally liable for the fatal shooting of a man during an armed robbery?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Valerio, G047217 (Cal. App. 2014):
Under established principles of causation, "[t]he defendant remains criminally liable if either the possible consequence might reasonably have been contemplated or the defendant should have foreseen the possibility of harm of the kind that could result from his act. [Citation.]" (People v. Crew (2003) 31 Cal.4th 822, 847.) A shooting death during a gang-related armed robbery like this is a reasonably
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