Transferred Intent refers to the offender being responsible for harming someone other than the intended victim.

Transferred Intent refers to the offender being responsible for harming someone other than the intended victim.

• A. It applies when the offender intends to harm A but harms B
• B. It applies when the offender intends to harm B but harms A
• C. It only applies in civil cases
• D. It negates criminal liability

Answer: (A)

Transferred intent means a person’s criminal intent can apply to the actual person harmed, even if that person wasn’t the target. If someone plans to hurt one person but ends up injuring someone else, the law treats the offender as having had the same intent toward the person actually harmed. That’s why this scenario fits best: the offender intends to harm the first person but harms the second, so liability is transferred to the unintended victim. This is a criminal-law concept, not civil. And it doesn’t negate liability; it creates liability for the harm to the unintended victim as if that harm were the intended target.

Transferred intent means a person’s criminal intent can apply to the actual person harmed, even if that person wasn’t the target. If someone plans to hurt one person but ends up injuring someone else, the law treats the offender as having had the same intent toward the person actually harmed. That’s why this scenario fits best: the offender intends to harm the first person but harms the second, so liability is transferred to the unintended victim.

This is a criminal-law concept, not civil. And it doesn’t negate liability; it creates liability for the harm to the unintended victim as if that harm were the intended target.