Complicity in criminal law refers to when someone is legally accountable,
or liable for a criminal offense, based upon the behavior of another. Criminal
complicity may arise in the following situations:
With the intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense:
- A person procures, induces or causes such other person to commit
the offense; or
- a person aids or abets such other person in committing the
offense; or
- having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, a
person fails to make an effort he is legally required to make.
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