Is nature responsible for a crime committed by a specific third party?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Turner, 10 Cal.5th 786, 272 Cal.Rptr.3d 50, 476 P.3d 676 (Cal. 2020):
nature points to the culpability of a specific third party, not the possibility that some unidentified third party could have committed the crime. (See People v. Page (2008) 44 Cal.4th 1, 39, 79 Cal.Rptr.3d 4, 186 P.3d 395 ( Page ); People v. Panah (2005) 35 Cal.4th 395, 481, 25 Cal.Rptr.3d 672, 107 P.3d 790 ;
[476 P.3d 699]
[272 Cal.Rptr.3d 77]
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