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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-403

Accomplices

Applied in 123 court decisions — leading case Grillot v. State (2003)

Most recently applied in 2026 Ark. App. 69 - Jasmine Leigh Chambers v. State of Arkansas (February 2026)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 303; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-303.

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(1) A person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of an offense if, with the purpose of promoting or facilitating the commission of an offense, the person: Solicits, advises, encourages, or coerces the other person to commit the offense;

(2) Aids, agrees to aid, or attempts to aid the other person in planning or committing the offense; or

(3) Having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, fails to make a proper effort to prevent the commission of the offense.

(4) When causing a particular result is an element of an offense, a person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of that offense if, acting with respect to that particular result with the kind of culpable mental state sufficient for the commission of the offense, the person: Solicits, advises, encourages, or coerces the other person to engage in the conduct causing the particular result;

(5) Aids, agrees to aid, or attempts to aid the other person in planning or engaging in the conduct causing the particular result; or

(6) Having a legal duty to prevent the conduct causing the particular result, fails to make a proper effort to prevent the conduct causing the particular result.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.