Convictions for different degrees of offense · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 20.15 Convictions for different degrees of offense.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, when, pursuant to section 20.00, two or more persons are criminally liable for an offense which is divided into degrees, each person is guilty of such degree as is compatible with his own culpable mental state and with his own accountability for an aggravating fact or circumstance.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, when two or more people are liable under § 20.00 for an offense divided into degrees, each is guilty of the degree that fits his or her own culpable mental state and own accountability for an aggravating fact or circumstance. ★ One participant can be guilty of a different degree than another.
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.