Every person who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure another to commit any crime or offense, shall be proceeded against as principal or as an accessory before the fact, according to the nature of the offense committed, and upon conviction shall suffer the like punishment as the principal offender is subject to by this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-1-3
Liability for aiding, abetting, counseling, hiring, or commanding offenses
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez (2007)
Most recently applied in Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez (January 2007)
G.L. 1896, ch. 284, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1178; G.L. 1909, ch. 350, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 402, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 623, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-1-3.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.