State v. Farr

No. 127,357 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MCKAINE TYSON FARR, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Distribution of fentanyl is a crime under K.S.A. 21-5705(a)(1) and by extension distribution of fentanyl causing death is a crime under K.S.A. 21-5430(b). 2. The law of causation has two core elements: cause-in-fact and legal causation. Cause-in-fact requires proof that, but for the defendant's conduct, the result would not have occurred. Legal causation limits a defendant's liability to the reasonably foreseeable consequences of his or her conduct.…