Accomplice Liability

Question 1

What are the parties to an accomplice crime?

Answer 1

Principal, accomplice, or accessory after the fact.

Question 2

Who a principal of the crime?

Answer 2

One who, with the intent to commit the crime, causes the crime to occur

Question 3

Who an accomplice to the crime?

Answer 3

One who, with the intent the crime be committed, aides, counsels, or encourages the principal.

Note: silent approval is not enough

Question 4

Who is an accessory after the fact to a crime?

Answer 4

One who, with the intent to help a felon escape or avoid arrest or trail, relieves, or assists a known felon after the felony has been completed.

Question 5

What is the principal liable for?

Answer 5

The crime he committed

Question 6

What is the accomplice liable for?

Answer 6

The crimes the principal committed that the accomplice assisted, counseled, or encouraged. The accomplice is also liable for all crimes that were foreseeable.

Question 7

What is the accessory after the fact liable for?

Answer 7

Majority rule: not liable for the crimes of the principal but rather a separate crime of “obstructing justice”