A.R.S. § 13-303: Accomplice Liability
Criminal liability based upon conduct of another
When is someone criminally liable for another person's conduct in Arizona?
In Arizona, a person is criminally accountable for another person's conduct if a statute specifically imposes that accountability, if the person causes another to engage in the conduct while acting with the culpable mental state the offense requires, or if the person is an accomplice to an offense — including any offense that is a natural, probable, or reasonably foreseeable consequence of the crime they aided.
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Official text last checked against azleg.gov:
13-303. Criminal liability based upon conduct of another
A. A person is criminally accountable for the conduct of another if:
1. The person is made accountable for such conduct by the statute defining the offense; or
2. Acting with the culpable mental state sufficient for the commission of the offense, such person causes another person, whether or not such other person is capable of forming the culpable mental state, to engage in such conduct; or
3. The person is an accomplice of such other person in the commission of an offense including any offense that is a natural and probable or reasonably foreseeable consequence of the offense for which the person was an accomplice.
B. If causing a particular result is an element of an offense, a person who acts with the kind of culpability with respect to the result that is sufficient for the commission of the offense is guilty of that offense if:
1. The person solicits or commands another person to engage in the conduct causing such result; or
2. The person aids, counsels, agrees to aid or attempts to aid another person in planning or engaging in the conduct causing such result.
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