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§ 261 — Causation

Delaware § 261
JurisdictionDelaware
Title11
PartDelaware Criminal Code
Ch. 2GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING OFFENSES

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Del. Code tit. 11, § 261 (2026).

Text

Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent but for which the result in question would not have occurred.

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Legislative History

11 Del. C. 1953, § 261; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1

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