Is a person who knowingly aids and abets criminal conduct guilty of not only the intended crime but also of any other crime the perpetrator actually commits when they commit?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Thlang, C089529 (Cal. App. 2020):

person who knowingly aids and abets criminal conduct is guilty of not only the intended crime [target offense] but also of any other crime the perpetrator actually commits [nontarget offense] that is a natural and probable consequence of the intended crime." ' " (People v. Chiu (2014) 59 Cal.4th 155, 161.) " 'Because the nontarget offense is unintended, the mens rea of the aider and abettor with respect to that offense is irrelevant and culpability is imposed simply because a reasonable person could have foreseen the commission of the nontarget crime.' " (Id. at p. 164.) As defendant notes, the jury instructions allowed him to be convicted of murder under the natural and probable consequences doctrine with shooting from a motor vehicle or the lesser offense of assault with a firearm as the target crime.

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