(1) Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in
question would not have occurred.
(2) When intentionally causing a particular result is an element of an offense, the
element is not established if the actual result is not within the intention or the
contemplation of the actor unless:
(a) The actual result differs from that intended or contemplated, as the case may
be, only in the respect that a different person or different property is injured or
affected or that the injury or harm intended or contemplated would have been
more serious or more extensive; or
(b) The actual result involves the same kind of injury or harm as that intended or
contemplated and occurs in a manner which the actor knows or should know
is rendered substantially more probable by his conduct.
(3) When wantonly or recklessly causing a particular result is an element of an offense,
the element is not established if the actual result is not within the risk of which the
actor is aware or, in the case of recklessness, of which he should be aware unless:
(a) The actual result differs from the probable result only in the respect that a
different person or different property is injured or affected or that the probable
injury or harm would have been more serious or more extensive than that
caused; or
(b) The actual result involves the same kind of injury or harm as the probable
result and occurs in a manner which the actor knows or should know is
rendered substantially more probable by his conduct.
(4) The question of whether an actor knew or should have known the result he caused
was rendered substantially more probable by his conduct is an issue of fact.
Effective: January 1, 1975
History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 16, effective January 1, 1975.
Notes of Decisions
Robertson v. Commonwealth, 82 S.W.3d 832 (Ky. 2002).
· cites it 54× “020(4) (definition of “recklessly”), and KRS 501.060 (“causal relationships”). KRS 501.”
Phillips v. Commonwealth, 17 S.W.3d 870 (Ky. 2000).
· cites it 8× “Causal relationships are addressed in KRS 501.060, which provides in pertinent part as follows: (1) Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in question would not have occurred.”
Lofthouse v. Commonwealth, 13 S.W.3d 236 (Ky. 2000).
· cites it 6× “KRS 501.060(3). This provision was adopted from section 2.”
Smith v. Commonwealth, 734 S.W.2d 437 (Ky. 1987).
· cites it 3× “020(1) definition of intent which is that a person acts intentionally with respect to the result or to conduct described by a statute defining an offense when his conscious objective is to cause that result or to engage in that conduct with KRS 501.060. Smith's acts of killing…”
Graves v. Commonwealth, 17 S.W.3d 858 (Ky. 2000).
· cites it 2× “The Kentucky Penal Code provision which explains causal relationships, KRS 501.060(3), notes, "When wantonly ...”
Fields v. Commonwealth, 12 S.W.3d 275 (Ky. 2000).
· cites it 2× “KRS 501.060(3); See, e.g. Lofthouse v. Commonwealth, 13 S.”
Turner v. Commonwealth, 153 S.W.3d 823 (Ky. 2005).
· cites it 2× “To be guilty of wanton murder, the level of awareness *829 the Commonwealth must prove is reflected in KRS 501.060(3), which states that "[w]hen wantonly .”
Grundy v. Commonwealth, 25 S.W.3d 76 (Ky. 2000).
“020(1)(b) requires no culpable mental state to prove the "physical injury” aggravator, and a defendant may be found guilty of burglary first degree upon the physical injury of any nonparticipant if the injury is casually connected, pursuant to KRS 501.060, to his conduct.”
Powell v. Commonwealth, 189 S.W.3d 535 (Ky. 2006).
· cites it 2× “KRS 501.060(3). As noted in the plurality opinion in Lofthouse v.”
Keyona M. Bingham v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 11× “020, and KRS 501.060.” Appellant’s Brf. at 13. Bingham claims the jury instructions given allowed a jury to find Bingham guilty of killing her children by leaving them alone, omitting the element that the jury would have to find reckless behavior, -12- including a perceivable…”
Chazerae Me'lon Taylor, Sr. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2020).
· cites it 10× “The General Assembly has codified the concept of criminal causation within KRS 501.060: “Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in question would not have occurred.”
Lamonte Akio Williams v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2021).
· cites it 2× “Further, the Kentucky Supreme Court has looked to the 1974 Commentary to KRS 501.060, noting Once an act is found to be a cause in fact of a result and a substantial factor in bringing about that result, it is recognized as the proximate cause unless another cause, independent…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(1) — 1 case
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(2) — 2 cases
Robertson v. Commonwealth, 82 S.W.3d 832 (Ky. 2002).
“020(4) (definition of “recklessly”), and KRS 501.060 (“causal relationships”). KRS 501.”
Chazerae Me'lon Taylor, Sr. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2020).
“The General Assembly has codified the concept of criminal causation within KRS 501.060: “Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in question would not have occurred.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(2)(a) — 2 cases
Phillips v. Commonwealth, 17 S.W.3d 870 (Ky. 2000).
“Causal relationships are addressed in KRS 501.060, which provides in pertinent part as follows: (1) Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in question would not have occurred.”
Smith v. Commonwealth, 734 S.W.2d 437 (Ky. 1987).
“020(1) definition of intent which is that a person acts intentionally with respect to the result or to conduct described by a statute defining an offense when his conscious objective is to cause that result or to engage in that conduct with KRS 501.060. Smith's acts of killing…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(2)(b) — 1 case
Robertson v. Commonwealth, 82 S.W.3d 832 (Ky. 2002).
“020(4) (definition of “recklessly”), and KRS 501.060 (“causal relationships”). KRS 501.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(3) — 10 cases
Robertson v. Commonwealth, 82 S.W.3d 832 (Ky. 2002).
“020(4) (definition of “recklessly”), and KRS 501.060 (“causal relationships”). KRS 501.”
Graves v. Commonwealth, 17 S.W.3d 858 (Ky. 2000).
“The Kentucky Penal Code provision which explains causal relationships, KRS 501.060(3), notes, "When wantonly ...”
Fields v. Commonwealth, 12 S.W.3d 275 (Ky. 2000).
“KRS 501.060(3); See, e.g. Lofthouse v. Commonwealth, 13 S.”
Turner v. Commonwealth, 153 S.W.3d 823 (Ky. 2005).
“To be guilty of wanton murder, the level of awareness *829 the Commonwealth must prove is reflected in KRS 501.060(3), which states that "[w]hen wantonly .”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(3)(a) — 6 cases
Phillips v. Commonwealth, 17 S.W.3d 870 (Ky. 2000).
“Causal relationships are addressed in KRS 501.060, which provides in pertinent part as follows: (1) Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in question would not have occurred.”
Robertson v. Commonwealth, 82 S.W.3d 832 (Ky. 2002).
“020(4) (definition of “recklessly”), and KRS 501.060 (“causal relationships”). KRS 501.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(3)(b) — 2 cases
Robertson v. Commonwealth, 82 S.W.3d 832 (Ky. 2002).
“020(4) (definition of “recklessly”), and KRS 501.060 (“causal relationships”). KRS 501.”
Keyona M. Bingham v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2024).
“020, and KRS 501.060.” Appellant’s Brf. at 13. Bingham claims the jury instructions given allowed a jury to find Bingham guilty of killing her children by leaving them alone, omitting the element that the jury would have to find reckless behavior, -12- including a perceivable…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(4) — 2 cases
Robertson v. Commonwealth, 82 S.W.3d 832 (Ky. 2002).
“020(4) (definition of “recklessly”), and KRS 501.060 (“causal relationships”). KRS 501.”
Chazerae Me'lon Taylor, Sr. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2020).
“The General Assembly has codified the concept of criminal causation within KRS 501.060: “Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in question would not have occurred.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.060(5) — 1 case
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.