Ex- marine
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:45 pm
Why is it that the companions of the ex-marine who shot the UNT student aren't charged with capital murder also? Is it not TX law?
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PENAL CODE
TITLE 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER 7. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER
SUBCHAPTER A. COMPLICITY
Sec. 7.01. PARTIES TO OFFENSES.
(a) A person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is committed by his own conduct, by the conduct of another for which he is criminally responsible, or by both.
(b) Each party to an offense may be charged with commission of the offense.
(c) All traditional distinctions between accomplices and principals are abolished by this section, and each party to an offense may be charged and convicted without alleging that he acted as a principal or accomplice.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Sec. 7.02. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER.
(a) A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if:
(1) acting with the kind of culpability required for the offense, he causes or aids an innocent or nonresponsible person to engage in conduct prohibited by the definition of the offense;
(2) acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offense; or
(3) having a legal duty to prevent commission of the offense and acting with intent to promote or assist its commission, he fails to make a reasonable effort to prevent commission of the offense.
(b) If, in the attempt to carry out a conspiracy to commit one felony, another felony is committed by one of the conspirators, all conspirators are guilty of the felony actually committed, though having no intent to commit it, if the offense was committed in furtherance of the unlawful purpose and was one that should have been anticipated as a result of the carrying out of the conspiracy.
Police said they consider four men in the SUV with Johnson only witnesses to the crime who will not be charged.
The U.S. Marine Corps issued a statement after Johnson’s arrest saying he had been discharged from the service.
Good! He won't be showing up in court in uniform. Sounds like they want the others to testify against him by not charging them.ELB wrote:http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01 ... zona.html/
Police said they consider four men in the SUV with Johnson only witnesses to the crime who will not be charged.
The U.S. Marine Corps issued a statement after Johnson’s arrest saying he had been discharged from the service.
Maybe, but from what I have seen, there likely was a problem proving it was a criminal enterprise they knowingly participated in.C-dub wrote:Good! He won't be showing up in court in uniform. Sounds like they want the others to testify against him by not charging them.ELB wrote:http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01 ... zona.html/
Police said they consider four men in the SUV with Johnson only witnesses to the crime who will not be charged.
The U.S. Marine Corps issued a statement after Johnson’s arrest saying he had been discharged from the service.