Is a charged crime a natural and probable consequence of the target crime if the charged crime was reasonably foreseeable?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Phung, G048108 (Cal. App. 2014):

A charged crime is a natural and probable consequence of a target crime if it was reasonably foreseeable that the charged crime would be committed. "The . . . question is not whether the aider and abettor actually foresaw the additional crime, but whether, judged objectively, it was reasonably foreseeable." (People v. Mendoza (1998) 18 Cal.4th 1114, 1133.)

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