Is a person who aids and abets a confederate in the commission of a criminal act liable for any other crime that is a natural and probable consequence of the crime?

In California, a person who aids and abets a confederate in the commission of a criminal act is liable not only for that crime, the target crime, but also for any other offense that is a natural and probable consequence of the target crime. See People v. Prettyman 14 Cal. 4th 248, 254, 261 (1996). An aider and abettor is one who "act[s] with knowledge of the criminal purpose of the perpetrator and with an intent or purpose either of committing, or of encouraging or facilitating commission of, the offense." People v. Beeman, 35 Cal. 3d 547, 560 (1984) (emphasis in original); see People v. McCoy 25 Cal. 4th 1111, 1117-18 (2001). In addition to the requisite

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