The requirement for criminal liability that an accused performed a voluntary act accompanied by the required mental state that actually and proximately caused the prohibited social harm is known as a

A. strict liability.
B. cause-in-fact.
C. dependent intervening cause.
D. concurrence of elements.


Answer: D

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