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5-3-202. Complicity.
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5-3-202. Complicity.
(a) A person attempts to commit an offense if, with the purpose of aiding another person in the commission of the offense, the person engages in conduct that would establish his or her complicity under § 5-2-402 if the offense were committed by the other person.
(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that:
(1) The other person did not commit or attempt to commit an offense; or
(2) It was impossible for the actor to assist the other person in the commission of the offense if the actor could have assisted the other person had the attendant circumstances been as the actor believed them to be.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-3-202
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5-3-202. Complicity.
(a) A person attempts to commit an offense if, with the purpose of aiding another person in the commission of the offense, the person engages in conduct that would establish his or her complicity under § 5-2-402 if the offense were committed by the other person.
(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that:
(1) The other person did not commit or attempt to commit an offense; or
(2) It was impossible for the actor to assist the other person in the commission of the offense if the actor could have assisted the other person had the attendant circumstances been as the actor believed them to be.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-2-402. Liability for conduct of another generally.
A person is criminally liable for the conduct of another person if:
(1) The person is made criminally liable for the conduct of another person by the statute defining the offense;
(2) The person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of an offense; or
(3) Acting with a culpable mental state sufficient for the commission of the offense, the person causes another person to engage in conduct that would constitute an offense but for a defense available to the other person.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-2-402
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-2-402. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.