PCSP Delegado De Polícia Practice Questions - Concurso PCSP - Delegado De Polícia De 3a Classe (São Paulo, Brazil) Exam

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A perpetrator fires a non-fatal gunshot at a victim. While being transported to the hospital, the ambulance is struck by an errant truck, killing the victim exclusively due to traumatic injuries from the collision. Under Article 13, § 1º of the Código Penal, what is the criminal liability of the shooter?

Guilty of attempted homicide (tentativa de homicídio), because the supervenient relatively independent cause produced the result by itself. Guilty of consummated homicide (homicídio consumado), because the gunshot initiated the causal chain leading to the ambulance transport. Guilty of involuntary manslaughter (homicídio culposo), due to concurrent causation. Absolved of all criminal liability due to the complete rupture of the subjective nexus.

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Guilty of attempted homicide (tentativa de homicídio), because the supervenient relatively independent cause produced the result by itself.

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