When more than one person is involved in a crime that has different levels of seriousness, each person is judged separately. The charge each person gets depends on what they personally were thinking and what they personally did — not what the others did.
562.051. of different degrees of s. — Except as otherwise provided, when two or more persons are for an offense which is divided into degrees, each person is guilty of such degree as is compatible with his or her own and with his or her own accountability for an aggravating or .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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