Transferred Intent Analysis
Our text explains to us that the defendant’s intent; the actual guilty mind (mens rea) and the act (Actus Reus) can be transferred from individual to the next (Brody & Acker, 2010, p. 88). The Free Legal Dictionary defines Transferred Intent is as follows: In both criminal and tort (civil wrong) law, when an intent to cause harm to one person results in harm to another person instead of the intended target, the law transfers the intent to the actual harm ("Transferred intent legal definition of transferred intent," n.d.).
Example comes from the case of Carnes v. Thompson (1932), 48 S.W. 2d 903 a farmer and a former employee have become agree with one another and an argument ensues. At a point during the argument the farmer threw a pair
Example comes from the case of Carnes v. Thompson (1932), 48 S.W. 2d 903 a farmer and a former employee have become agree with one another and an argument ensues. At a point during the argument the farmer threw a pair