501.060 Causal relationships.

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(1)Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in

question would not have occurred.

(2)When intentionally causing a particular result is an element of an offense, the

element is not established if the actual result is not within the intention or the

contemplation of the actor unless:

(a)The actual result differs from that intended or contemplated, as the case may

be, only in the respect that a different person or different property is injured or

affected or that the injury or harm intended or contemplated would have been

more serious or more extensive; or

(b)The actual result involves the same kind of injury or harm as that intended or

contemplated and occurs in a manner which the actor knows or should know

is rendered substantially more probable by his conduct.

(3)When wantonly or recklessly causing a particular result is an element of an offense,

the element is not established if the actual result is not within the risk of which the

actor is aware or, in the case of recklessness, of which he should be aware unless:

(a)The actual result differs from the probable result only in the respect that a

different person or different property is injured or affected or that the probable

injury or harm would have been more serious or more extensive than that

caused; or

(b)The actual result involves the same kind of injury or harm as the probable

result and occurs in a manner which the actor knows or should know is

rendered substantially more probable by his conduct.

(4)The question of whether an actor knew or should have known the result he caused

was rendered substantially more probable by his conduct is an issue of fact.