§ 1-12. Liability for crimes of another.

(a)

A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by another if such person, acting with the mental culpability required for the commission thereof, advises, hires, counsels or procures the other to commit the offense or intentionally aids the other in committing the conduct constituting the offense.

(b)

A person liable under subsection (a) of this section is also liable for any other offense committed in pursuance of the intended offense if reasonably foreseeable by such person as a probable consequence of committing or attempting to commit the crime intended.

(c)

A person liable under this section may be charged with and convicted of the offense although the person alleged to have directly committed the act constituting the offense:

(1)

Lacked criminal or legal capacity;

(2)

Has not been convicted;

(3)

Has been acquitted; or

(4)

Has been convicted of some other degree of the offense or of some other offense based on the same act.

(Code 1964, § 1-14; Code 1988, § 1-14; Ord. No. 64479, § 9, 4-7-1983; Ord. No. O-48-15 , § 1, 8-13-2015)

State law reference

Similar provisions, K.S.A. 21-3205.