474 So. 2d 766 - Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. “If the victim had shot himself while he and the appellant were playing Russian Roulette, or if the appellant was present when the victim was playing the game by himself, the appellant's conduct of influencing the victim to play would have been the cause-in-fact and the proximate cause of the victim's death. . . . . "It also seems clear that the appellant would be responsible for the victim's death if he had left the room while the victim was still playing the game because he should have perceived the result. But, the evidence reveals that the appellant had put the gun away after they finished playing the 'game.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 555 So. 2d 807 - Shirah v. State

2. “It also seems clear that the appellant would be responsible for the victim's death if he had left the room while the victim was still playing the game because he should have perceived the result. But, the evidence reveals that the appellant had put the gun away after they finished playing the 'game.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 555 So. 2d 807 - Shirah v. State

3. “[a] person is criminally liable if the result would not have occurred but for his conduct, operating either alone or concurrently with another cause, unless the concurrent cause was sufficient to produce the result and the conduct of the actor clearly insufficient.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 555 So. 2d 807 - Shirah v. State