Can a principal defendant be convicted as both a principal and an accessory to the same crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. BACON, 240 P.3d 204 (Cal. 2010):
9We note that under certain factual circumstances, a defendant can be convicted as both a principal and an accessory to the same crime. ( People v. Jennings (2010) 50 Cal.4th 616, 668, 114 Cal.Rptr.3d 133, 237 P.3d 474.) We need not and do not reach the issue of whether that was the case here.
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