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First, the accomplice must act with at least the same mental state required for the commission of the crime. For example, if the crime is common law murder, the state must prove that the accomplice acted with malice. Second, the accomplice must act for the purpose of helping or encouraging the principal to commit the crime. [citation needed]
The accomplice to a felony or misdemeanor is the person who, by aiding or abetting, facilitates its preparation or commission. Any person who, by means of a gift, promise, threat, order or an abuse of authority or powers, provokes the commission of an offence or gives instructions to commit it, is also an accomplice.
This suggests that conspiracy is the only criminal form of complicity, which is not consistent with the rest of the article or the referenced articles, which treat being an accomplice as likely criminal. (The article also ought to be clearer about whether being an accomplice and being complicit are considered as synonymous.)
The Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 94) is a mainly repealed Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.It consolidated statutory English criminal law related to accomplices, including many classes of encouragers (inciters).
Aiding and abetting is a legal doctrine related to the guilt of someone who aids or abets (encourages, incites) another person in the commission of a crime (or in another's suicide).
Complicity is a legal term describing participation in a completed criminal act by an accomplice. The term may also be used to refer to: Complicity (novel), a 1993 novel by Iain Banks Complicity (film), a 2000 film based on the novel; Complicit (film), a 2013 British television film; Complicit (play), a 2009 play by Joe Sutton
If an accomplice only advised or encouraged the principal to commit the crime, he must at least communicate his withdrawal to the other parties. Where an accomplice has supplied the principal with the means of committing the crime, the accomplice must arguably neutralise, or at least take all reasonable steps to neutralise, the aid he has given.
C# is case sensitive and all C# keywords are in lower cases. Visual Basic and C# share most keywords, with the difference being that the default Visual Basic keywords are the capitalised versions of the C# keywords, e.g. Public vs public, If vs if. A few keywords have very different versions in Visual Basic and C#: