Culpable homicide: classification follows the intended victim when a different person dies, preserving the original offence description. Culpable homicide treats an act intended or known to be likely to cause death that results in the death of a different person as being of the same description as it would have been had the death occurred to the intended or foreseen victim, aligning offence classification with the actor's original intent or knowledge rather than the identity of the actual victim.
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Culpable homicide: classification follows the intended victim when a different person dies, preserving the original offence description.
Culpable homicide treats an act intended or known to be likely to cause death that results in the death of a different person as being of the same description as it would have been had the death occurred to the intended or foreseen victim, aligning offence classification with the actor's original intent or knowledge rather than the identity of the actual victim.
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