What is the difference between "A person is equally guilty of the crime whether he or she is personally or aided and abetted"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, F069253 (Cal. App. 2016):
A previous version of CALCRIM No. 400, which was not given in this case, contained the following version of the second paragraph: " 'A person is equally guilty of the crime whether he or she committed it personally or aided and abetted the perpetrator who committed it ....' " (See People v. Loza (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 332, 348, italics added, fn. omitted.)
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