State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[t]o be guilty as an accessory one must share the criminal intent and community of unlawful purpose with the perpetrator of the crime .... In accordance with our murder statute, a conviction of murder as an accessory thus requires, inter alia, that the accessory shared the perpetrator's intent to cause the death of another person .... General Statutes § 53a-54a (a). A person acts intentionally with respect to a result ... described by a statute defining an offense when his conscious objective is to cause such result .... General Statutes § 53a-3 (11).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 Conn. App. 205 - State v. Soyini

2. “[t]his state ... long ago adopted the rule that there is no practical significance in being labeled an accessory or a principal for the purpose of determining criminal responsibility.... Under the modern approach, a person is legally accountable for the conduct of another when he is an accomplice of the other person in the commission of the crime.... [T]here is no such crime as being an accessory .... The accessory statute merely provides alternate means by which a substantive crime may be committed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 Conn. App. 205 - State v. Soyini