What are some cases where a defendant has been found complicit in murder who was not complicit in the crime at the time of the crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cavitt, 14 Cal.Rptr.3d 281, 33 Cal.4th 187, 91 P.3d 222 (Cal. 2004):
8. See People v. Perry (1925) 195 Cal. 623, 637, 234 P. 890 (all those are complicit in murder who were, with the killer, "jointly engaged at the time of such killing" in the underlying felony); People v. Martin (1938) 12 Cal.2d 466, 472, 85 P.2d 880 (same).
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