California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Prettyman, 24 Cal.App.4th 211, 29 Cal.Rptr.2d 299 (Cal. App. 1994):
Our conclusion in Solis was that the potential for derivative liability was limited solely by whether the crime actually committed was foreseeable. (People v. Solis, supra, 20 Cal.App.4th at pp. 272-273, 25 Cal.Rptr.2d 184.) The court in Woods, however, found an additional potential modifying factor. The Woods majority concluded that if the crime actually committed was not foreseeable but lesser included offenses were foreseeable, the aider and abettor could be convicted of aiding
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