California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, G036855 (Cal. App. 9/27/2007), G036855 (Cal. App. 2007):
The same is true of aiding and abetting. "[O]rdinarily, `"from a person's action with knowledge of the purpose of the perpetrator of a crime, his intent to aid the perpetrator can be inferred. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the intent may be regarded as established."' [Citations.] . . . [D]efendant's intentional acts, when combined with his knowledge that those acts would assist crimes by [Tovar], afforded sufficient evidence of the requisite specific intent." (People v. Morales (2003) 112 Cal.App.4th 1176, 1198-1199.)
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