California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Tarkington, 263 Cal.Rptr.3d 469, 49 Cal.App.5th 892 (Cal. App. 2020):
felonyregardless of whether the accused killed or intended to kill. (See People v. Dillon (1983) 34 Cal.3d 441, 462472, 194 Cal.Rptr. 390, 668 P.2d 697.) Similarly, "a defendant who aided and abetted a crime, the natural and probable consequence of which was murder, could be convicted not only of the target crime but also of the resulting murder"regardless of whether he acted with malice aforethought. ( In re R.G . (2019) 35 Cal.App.5th 141, 144, 247 Cal.Rptr.3d 24.)
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