Is a person who aids and abets a crime even if someone else committed some or all the criminal acts?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, D071948 (Cal. App. 2018):

5. "[A] person who aids and abets a crime is guilty of that crime even if someone else committed some or all of the criminal acts." (People v. McCoy (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1111, 1117.)

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