California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Meagan R., In re, 42 Cal.App.4th 17, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 325 (Cal. App. 1996):
Common sense dictates "an aider and abettor must have criminal intent in order to be convicted of a criminal offense." (People v. Beeman (1984) 35 Cal.3d 547, 556, 199 Cal.Rptr. 60, 674 P.2d 1318.) The burden of proof on the prosecution is to show a defendant, as an aider and abettor, acted with knowledge of the criminal purpose of the perpetrator and with an intent or purpose either of committing, encouraging, or facilitating commission of the target offense. (Id. at p. 560, 199 Cal.Rptr. 60, 674 P.2d 1318.)
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