40 Tex. Crim. 45 - Wright and Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “It takes something more than the mere concurrence in the minds of the parties in pursuance of a previously formed design to commit the act of theft to constitute them principals. The statute requires either their presence and participancy, or, if the parties were not actually present, then those not actually present must be doing some act in furtherance of the common design, or they must be engaged in procuring aid or arms or means of some kind to assist in the commission of the offense while the others are executing the unlawful act, or they must be endeavoring at the time of the commission of the offense to secure the safety or concealment of the offenders, or they must employ a child or other person, who can not be punished, to commit the offense,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 67 Tex. Crim. 482 - Johnson v. State