Is a defendant who knows the purpose of the crime a "aider and abettor"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vargas, B245910 (Cal. App. 2014):
One who knows another's unlawful purpose and intentionally aids, promotes, encourages, or instigates the crime is guilty of that crime as an aider and abettor. (People v. Prettyman (1996) 14 Cal.4th 248, 259.)
"[A] trial court in a criminal case is requiredwith or without a requestto give correct jury instructions on the general principles of law relevant to issues raised by the evidence." (People v. Mutuma (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 635, 640.)
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