California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brookins, C076969 (Cal. App. 2015):
This argument need not detain us long, because for the argument to have merit, defendant must be able to point to evidence in the record that at the very least could have given rise to a reasonable doubt as to whether the permanence of the victim's injuries was caused by her failure to seek prompt medical treatment for her burns, thereby justifying a sua sponte instruction on causation. (See People v. Berhardt (1963) 222 Cal.App.2d 567,
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