What is the test for an aider and abettor to be found guilty of a crime committed by a group of burglars?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Hale, BA322866, No. B217608, No. BA322633 (Cal. App. 2010):

"'[An aider and abettor] is guilty not only of the offense he intended to facilitate and encourage, but also of any reasonably foreseeable offense committed by the person he aids and abets____'" (People v. Prettyman (1996) 14 Cal.4th 248, 261.) "'It follows that a defendant whose liability is predicated on his status as an aider and abettor need not have intended to encourage or facilitate the particular offense ultimately committed by the perpetrator.'" (Ibid.) Consequently, where a group of burglars are

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