X’s act is the factual cause of Y’s death if it is a conditio sine qua non for Y’s death, which means that there is:

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“but-for causation” or a “but-for” link between X’s act and Y’s death.

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a policy consideration which would make X the legal cause of Y’s death.

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a policy consideration which would make X the factual cause of Y’s death.

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a “but-for” link between X’s act and his state of mind at the time.

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