Can a defendant be held criminally responsible as an accomplice as a result of a crime he or she intended to aid and abet?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rivera, H038702 (Cal. App. 2014):
"[A] defendant may be held criminally responsible as an accomplice not only for the crime he or she intended to aid and abet (the target crime), but also for any other crime that is the 'natural and probable consequence' of the target crime." (People v. Prettyman (1996) 14 Cal.4th 248, 261-262.) "Thus, for example, if a person aids and abets only an intended assault, but a murder results, that person may be guilty of that
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