Is an aider and abettor liable for crimes that were intentionally aided and abetted?

Again, an aider and abettor's liability extends not only to crimes that were intentionally aided and abetted ("target" offenses), but also to any more serious crimes that were reasonably foreseeable ("nontarget" offenses). (People v. Laster, supra, 52 Cal.App.4th at p. 1463.) "'A person who knowingly aids and abets criminal conduct is

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guilty of not only the intended crime [target offense] but also of any other crime the perpetrator actually commits [nontarget offense] that is a natural and probable consequence of the intended crime.'" (People v. Medina (2009) 46 Cal.4th 913, 920, italics added.) That is, under the natural and probable consequences theory, an aider and abettor cannot be liable for a crime that the perpetrator did not actually commit.