PCERJ Delegado De Polícia Practice Questions - Concurso PCERJ - Delegado De Polícia (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) Exam

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Regarding the causal link (nexo de causalidade) and supervening causes under Article 13 of the Brazilian Penal Code, consider a scenario where an offender shoots a victim with intent to kill, causing moderate non-fatal injuries. While in the ambulance en route to the hospital, the ambulance crashes into a tree due to driver error, and the victim dies instantly from traumatic head injuries sustained solely in the collision. In this case, the shooter is criminally liable for:

Attempted homicide (homicídio tentado), because the supervening relatively independent cause produced the result on its own line of causation. Consummated intentional homicide (homicídio consumado), because the original gunshot was a sine qua non condition of the victim being in the ambulance. Consummated negligent manslaughter (homicídio culposo), due to foreseeable risks of emergency transport. Bodily injury followed by death (lesão corporal seguida de morte), because death resulted from subsequent complications.

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Attempted homicide (homicídio tentado), because the supervening relatively independent cause produced the result on its own line of causation.

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