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What Is An Act That “Causes” A Traumatic Physical Condition For An Arrest To Be Made For Infliction Of Cruel Or Inhuman Corporal Punishment On A Child (PC 273d(a)) In Riverside County Or Orange County?

Posted in Domestic Violence FAQ'S on April 30, 2015

An act “causes” a traumatic physical condition under PC 273d(a) if:

(1) The traumatic condition was the natural and probable consequence of the act;
(2) The act was a direct and substantial factor in causing the traumatic condition, and;
(3) The traumatic condition would not have happened without the act.

A “natural and probable consequence” is one that a reasonable person would know is likely to happen if nothing unusual intervenes.

In deciding whether a consequence is natural and probable, a jury must consider all of the circumstances established by the evidence.

A “substantial factor” is more than a trivial or remote factor.

However, it does not need to be the only factor that caused the traumatic condition.

If you, or a family member has been arrested for Infliction of Cruel or Inhuman Corporal Punishment on a Child (PC 273d(a)) in Riverside County or Orange County, call Criminal Defense Attorney Graham Donath at (951) 667-5293