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I IIMII M IIIIN M M <br /> Section 16: Liability for Conduct of Another; Complicity <br /> 1. A person is guilty of an offense if it is committed by the conduct of another <br /> person for which he is legally accountable. <br /> 2. A person is legally accountable for the conduct of another person when: <br /> a. acting with the kind of culpability that is sufficient for the commis- <br /> sion of the offense, he causes an innocent or irresponsible person to <br /> engage in such conduct; or <br /> b. he is made accountable for the conduct of such other person by this <br /> title or by the law defining the offense; or <br /> c. he is an accomplice of such other person in the commission of the <br /> offense. <br /> 3. A person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of an offense <br /> if: <br /> a. with knowledge that it will promote or facilitate the commission of <br /> the offense, he <br /> i. solicits, commands or encourages, or requests such other <br /> person to commit it; or <br /> ii. aids or agrees to aid such other person in planning or <br /> committing it; or <br /> b. his conduct is expressly declared by law to establish his complicity. <br /> 4. A person who is legally incapable of committing a particular offense himself <br /> may be guilty thereof if it is committed by the conduct of another person <br /> for which he is legally accountable, unless such liability is inconsistent with <br /> the purpose of the provision establishing his incapacity. <br /> 5. Unless otherwise provided by this title or by the law defining the offense, a <br /> person is not an accomplice in an offense committed by another person, if: <br /> a. he is a victim of that offense; or <br /> b. he terminates his complicity prior to the commission of the offense <br /> and either gives timely warning to the law enforcement authorities or <br /> otherwise makes a good faith effort to prevent the commission of the <br /> offense. <br /> 6. A person legally accountable for the conduct of another person may be <br /> convicted on proof of the commission of the offense and of his complicity <br /> therein, though the person claimed to have committed the offense has not <br /> been prosecuted or convicted or has been convicted of a different offense or <br /> degree of offense or has immunity to prosecution or conviction or has been <br /> acquitted. <br /> -19- <br />