Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

complicity liability

Hi my name is--name removed--and i am a student at faculty of law in collage,Israel and I have a question regarding the differnces between the the theory and practice in crimnal law complicity liabilaty at u.s

at crimnal law in the u.s the theory is that parties to a crime includes the:principal in the first and second degree

accessory before and after the fact

HOWEVER,In practice all such ''paties to a crime '' can be found gulity of the principal offense, my question is why there is a difference between the theory and the practice?

what were the circumstances which devloped that practice?

thank you

--name removed--


Asked on 6/13/04, 1:22 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Elizabeth L. MacDowell Law Office of Elizabeth L. MacDowell

Re: complicity liability

You might want to try a discussion forum for your question, such as the legal forum on Craig's List - http://forums.losangeles.craigslist.org/login/?forumID=73

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Answered on 6/13/04, 3:30 pm


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