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1. www.yalelawjournal.org › note › the-mens-rea-ofThe Mens Rea of Accomplice Liability: Supporting Intentions

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   Accomplice liability makes someone guilty of a crime he never committed, so long as he helped or influenced the perpetrator and did so with the required mens rea. Just what that mens rea should be has been contested for more than a century.

2. journals.sagepub.com › doi › 10The Contribution of Complicity - Matthew Dyson, 2022

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   Nov 10, 2022 · The best position is a two-part approach: to be liable for assisting or encouraging a crime, the accomplice must make a substantial contribution to the principals’ commission of it; to be liable for procuring the principal's crime, the accomplice must bring the crime about.

3. academic.oup.com › book › 39630Complicity | Fundamentals of Criminal Law: Responsibility ...

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   Feb 4, 2021 · Abstract. This chapter addresses complicity liability. Complicity doctrine is notoriously difficult, both doctrinally and conceptually, in part because its underlying principles are themselves in tension. The pull of judgements about culpability must be reconciled with the demands of criminalization, and with the need protect the public.

4. academic.oup.com › edited-volume › 28196Complicity | The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law | Oxford ...

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   This chapter examines complicity within the framework of criminal law and theory and outlines recurrent normative problems as well as solutions. It considers structural questions that inform accomplice liability in different criminal systems, such as the mode of participation and whether complicity should be treated as an inchoate offense ...

5. open.lib.umn.edu › criminallaw › chapter7.1 Parties to Crime – Criminal Law - Open Textbook Library

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   As the Model Penal Code provides, “ [a] person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of an offense if…having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, fails to make proper effect so to do” (Model Penal Code § 2.06 (3) (a) (iii)). Example of a Case Lacking Accomplice Act.

6. www.nolo.com › legal-encyclopedia › accomplicesAccomplices, Accessories, Aiders, and Abettors | Nolo

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   Jun 17, 2022 · While definitions tend to vary by state, an accomplice is generally someone who intentionally does something to encourage or help another person to commit a crime. In most cases, the accomplice doesn't have to participate in the crime to be guilty of aiding and abetting.

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   What is the role of accomplice in a criminal case?

   • Complicity provides a perfect place from which to take steps towards a doctrinally clear and coherent criminal law. In particular, by acknowledging in the complex mass of cases a requirement that the accomplice contribute to the principal's crime.

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   What does it mean to be an accomplice?

   • While definitions tend to vary by state, an accomplice is generally someone who intentionally does something to encourage or help another person to commit a crime. In most cases, the accomplice doesn't have to participate in the crime to be guilty of aiding and abetting.

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   What is an example of an accomplice criminal act?

   • Examples of actions that qualify as the accomplice criminal act are helping plan the crime, driving a getaway vehicle after the crime’s commission, and luring a victim to the scene of the crime.

   7.1 Parties to Crime – Criminal Law - Open Textbook Library

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   Why is complicity important in a criminal case?

   • Complicity provides a perfect place from which to take steps towards a doctrinally clear and coherent criminal law. In particular, by acknowledging in the complex mass of cases a requirement that the accomplice contribute to the principal’s crime.

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   Can a person be an accomplice of another person?

   • As the Model Penal Code provides, “ [a] person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of an offense if…having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, fails to make proper effect so to do” (Model Penal Code § 2.06 (3) (a) (iii)).

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   Can an accomplice make a crime more likely?

   • doubt that an accomplice has either made a crime more likely and/or easier to commit, by supplying assistance, encouragement or bringing the crime about in another way. However, English law is too willing to assume that such a contribution has occurred and has little detailed law to test for it.

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   Complicity provides a perfect place from which to take steps towards a doctrinally clear and coherent criminal law. In particular, by acknowledging in the complex mass of cases a requirement that the accomplice contribute to the principal’s crime.