Is an aider and abettor entitled to rely on imperfect self-defense or defense of another?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Adams, B252187 (Cal. App. 2019):
Initially, we disagree with respondent's suggestion that an aider and abettor is not entitled to rely on imperfect self-defense or defense of another. As respondent recognizes, in the aider and abettor context, the mens rea of each participant in a crime "'"float[s] free"'" and is independent of that of any other participant. (People v. McCoy (2001)
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