ADMJ 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Model Penal Code, Mens Rea
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Accomplice liability - liability for the conduct of another: general rule: criminal law only holds people responsible for their own actions. Common law one is an accomplice in the commission of an offense if he intentionally assists another to engage in the conduct that constitutes the crime. Accomplice activity may include aiding, abetting, encouraging, soliciting, advising, and procuring the commission of the offense. In general, the accomplice may be convicted of any offense committed by the primary party with the accomplice"s intentional assistance. Model penal code the code rejects the common law natural-and- probable-consequences rule. Thus, an accomplice may only be held liable under the code for acts that he purposefully commits. Common law terms that governed accomplice liability: Note: with innocent instrumentality the behavior must be foreseeable - if you act through innocent instrument and the result was foreseeable, then won"t hold the innocent agent responsible.
