Learning Objectives

1. Identify the four categories of parties to a crime under the common law and the two categories of parties to a crime used in contemporary statutes.

2. State the actus reus and mens rea of accomplice liability.

3. Explain the natural and probable consequences doctrine.

4. Describe the elements of accessory after the fact.

5. State the reasons that the law imposes vicarious liability and list some examples of vicarious liability.