Criminal liability for conduct of another · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 20.00 Criminal liability for conduct of another.
When one person engages in conduct which constitutes an offense, another person is criminally liable for such conduct when, acting with the mental culpability required for the commission thereof, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or intentionally aids such person to engage in such conduct.
When one person engages in conduct that is an offense, another person is criminally liable for that conduct when, acting with the mental culpability the offense requires, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or intentionally aids that person to engage in it. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.