California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Amezcua, 243 Cal.Rptr.3d 842, 434 P.3d 1121, 6 Cal.5th 886 (Cal. 2019):
prosecution not involving felony murder or the natural and probable consequences doctrine, the aider/abettors guilt is based on the combined acts of all the principals and on the aider/abettors own knowledge and intent. Consequently, in some circumstances an aider/abettor may be culpable for a greater or lesser crime than the actual killer. ( People v. McCoy (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1111, 1120, 108 Cal.Rptr.2d 188, 24 P.3d 1210.)
[6 Cal.5th 918]
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