California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Peerman, E073005 (Cal. App. 2019):
"An aider and abettor is guilty not only of the intended, or target, crime but also of any other crime a principal in the target crime actually commits (the nontarget crime) that is a natural and probable consequence of the target crime. [Citations.] 'Thus, for example, if a person aids and abets only an intended assault, but a murder results, that person may be guilty of that murder, even if unintended, if it is a natural and probable consequence of the intended assault.' [Citation.]" (People v. Smith (2014) 60 Cal.4th 603, 611.) "A consequence that is reasonably foreseeable is a natural and probable consequence under this doctrine. 'A nontarget offense is a "'natural and probable consequence'" of the target offense if, judged objectively, the additional offense was reasonably foreseeable. [Citation.]'" (Ibid.)
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