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The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 8: What Have You Done?
Page 5: Direct Causation

Joe had the necessary intent, and he certainly took an action to carry out that intent. But his act is not a “guilty” one. Why? Because his act did not CAUSE the harm.

That’s a pretty obvious example. And equally obvious is the case where Joe threw the brick at Simon’s head.

“Krazy Kat” style illustration of Joe giving Simon a zetz upsid the head with a brick, “apologies to G. Herriman.”

JOE

Causation is fairly straightforward, most of the time.

But what about situations where Joe set in motion a series of events which ultimately caused the injury?

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