the principle that a person who intends to harm or kill a specific person but unintentionally harms or kills a different person is legally responsible for that act and can be punished for it
The doctrine of transferredintent would still have applied.
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous crimes
accession
agriterrorism
bigamy
transferred intent
noun uncountable legal
US /trænsˌfɜrd ɪnˈtent/
DEFINITIONS1
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the principle that a person who intends to harm or kill a specific person but unintentionally harms or kills a different person is legally responsible for that act and can be punished for it
The doctrine of transferredintent would still have applied.