Supreme Court of Iowa· 9/7/2000

State v. Garcia

Citations

616 N.W.2d 594
2000 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 165
2000 WL 1273669

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noting that in order for an intervening act to relieve a defendant of criminal responsibility for homicide, the intervening act must be the sole proximate cause of death
observing that a criminal defendant will rarely be relieved from responsibility for the death of the victim based on intervening medical care as a intervening and superseding cause, even where the care constitutes medical malpractice and is “grossly negligent”
stating “[a] defendant can be relieved of criminal responsibility if an intervening act breaks the chain of causal connection” but “the intervening act must be the sole proximate cause”
“A person who inflicts a mortal or dangerous wound upon another is generally held criminally liable for the victim’s resulting death, even in those instances where medical negligence or mistreatment also contributed to the victim’s death.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Larson, Neuman

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