Is a principal who aids and abets in the commission of a crime guilty as a principal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. DeJean, 249 Cal.App.2d 220, 57 Cal.Rptr. 211 (Cal. App. 1967):
Defendant concedes that one who aids and abets in the commission of a crime is guilty as a principal. (People v. Mays (1962) 205 Cal.App.2d 798, 802, 23 Cal.Rptr. 605.) The prosecution is not required to demonstrate that defendant himself did the prohibited acts to sustain a conviction. (People v. Dalton (1959) 172 Cal.App.2d 15, 21, 341 P.2d 793.)
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