Criminal liability for conduct of another; exemption · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 20.10 Criminal liability for conduct of another; exemption.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 20.00 and 20.05, a person is not criminally liable for conduct of another person constituting an offense when his own conduct, though causing or aiding the commission of such offense, is of a kind that is necessarily incidental thereto. If such conduct constitutes a related but separate offense upon the part of the actor, he is liable for that offense only and not for the conduct or offense committed by the other person.
Notwithstanding §§ 20.00 and 20.05, a person is not criminally liable for another's offense when his or her own conduct, though causing or aiding it, is necessarily incidental to that offense. ★ If that conduct is a related but separate offense, the person is liable only for that offense, not for the other person's conduct or offense.
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.