State v. Womack’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[t]he state may prove a defendant guilty by showing that he served as a principal to the crime by aiding another. State v. Scroggins, 40,746 (La.App.2d Cir.3/22/06), 926 So.2d 64 , wrii denied, 06-0980 (La. 11/3/06), 940 So.2d 655 . Under this theory, the defendant need not actually take anything to be found guilty of the crime. Id.; State v. Dominick, 354 So.2d 1316 (La.1978). Also, a defendant convicted as a principal need not have personally held a weapon to be guilty of armed robbery. State v. Watson, 397 So.2d 1337 (La.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 903 , 102 S.Ct. 410 , 70 L.Ed.2d 222 (1981). A person, who aids and abets another in a crime, is hable just as the person who directly commits it. Id. A critical inquiry in robbery cases involving principals is whether or not the alleged principal had knowledge that the crime was going to take place. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 217 So. 3d 484 - State v. Griffin