{"data":{"id":"us-de/11-del.-c.-262","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"11 Del. C. § 262","heading":"Intentional or knowing causation; different result from that expected.","body":"The element of intentional or knowing causation is not established if the actual result is outside the intention or the contemplation of the defendant unless:\n(1) The actual result differs from that intended or contemplated, as the case may be, only in the respect that a different person or different property is injured or affected or that the injury or harm intended or contemplated would have been more serious or more extensive than that caused; or\n(2) The actual result involves the same kind of injury or harm as the probable result and is not too remote or accidental in its occurrence to have a bearing on the actor’s liability or on the gravity of the offense.","path":["Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Delaware Criminal Code","CHAPTER 2. General Provisions Concerning Offenses"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title11/c002/index.html#262","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:13Z","sha256":"6322a26e2f888206dde729e6bb85bacbde6bad725fc93f8e2ad9ec13fc65aaa2","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/11-del.-c.-261","next":"us-de/11-del.-c.-263"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}