Criminal Actors Flashcards
1
Q
Common law
A
Principal in the first degree
Principal in the second degree (an accomplish who was present at the scene of the crime)
Accessory before the fact
Accessory after the fact
2
Q
MPC complicity provisions
A
A person can be regarded as “legally accountable” for the conduct of another, and therefore guilty of complicity, in any of three situations
1) he solicits such other person to commit the crime
2) he aids or agrees or attempts to aid such other person in planning or committing it
3) having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, fails to make proper effort to do so
4) when the law explicitly declares that particular conduct constitutes complicity.
Model penal code 2.06(3)
