People v. Bland

Supreme Court of California · Decided 2002-07-01

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Opinion CHIN, J. We granted review to resolve issues involving transferred intent and proximate causation. In its classic form, the doctrine of transferred intent applies when the defendant intends to kill one person but mistakenly kills another. The intent to kill the intended target is deemed to transfer to the unintended victim so that the def…

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