Causation and Concurrence

Question 1

temporal concurrence

Answer 1

the mens rea must occur at the same time as the actus reus

Question 2

motivational concurrence

Answer 2

the mens rea must be the motivating force behind the actus reus

Question 3

factual causation

Answer 3

but- for cause, if agent hadn’t done what he did, when he did, result would not have obtained

Question 4

proximate causation

Answer 4

fairness test; is the result causally so remote that it would be unfair to attribute the result to the D’s conduct

Question 5

direct cause

Answer 5

defendant is a direct link in the causal chain

Question 6

intervening cause

Answer 6

links the causal chain between D and result

Question 7

dependent intervening cause

Answer 7

dependent upon or responsive to defendant’s act: does not break causal chain, unless bizarre

Question 8

independent intervening cause

Answer 8

independent of or coincidental to defendant’a act: breaks causal chain, unless forseeable