Is a person who aids and abets a crime even if someone else committed some or all the criminal acts?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Amis, E071151 (Cal. App. 2020):
" 'All persons concerned in the commission of a crime, . . . whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, . . . are principals in any crime so committed.' " (People v. McCoy (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1111, 1116-1117) "Thus, a person who aids and abets a crime is guilty of that crime even if someone else committed some or all of the criminal acts." (Ibid.)
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