Learning Objectives

  1. Know the four categories of parties to a crime under the common law and the two categories of parties to a crime used in contemporary statutes.
     
  2. Describe the actus reus and mens rea of accomplice liability.
     
  3. Understand the natural and probable consequences doctrine.
     
  4. Know the elements of accessory after the fact.
     
  5. Understand the reasons that the law imposes vicarious liability.