A person can be guilty of a crime if they did it themselves, or if someone else did it but that person is legally responsible for what that other person did.
562.036. Accountability for conduct. — A person with the required is guilty of an if it is committed by his or her own conduct or by the conduct of another person for which he or she is , or both.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Related Missouri laws
Ignorance and mistake
RSMo 562.031
Responsibility for the conduct of another
RSMo 562.041
Culpable mental state, when not required
RSMo 562.026
Defense precluded
RSMo 562.046
Culpable mental state, application
RSMo 562.021
Conviction of different degrees of offenses
RSMo 562.051
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