Maine statute
17-A M.R.S. § 33 — Result as an element; causation
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 2: Criminal Liability; Elements of Crimes, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 33
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
1. Unless otherwise provided, when causing a result is an element of a crime, causation may be found when the result would not have occurred but for the conduct of the defendant, operating either alone or concurrently with another cause.
2. In cases in which concurrent causation is generated as an issue, the defendant’s conduct must also have been sufficient by itself to produce the result.
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