AL · jury_instructions
Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-2-24
Accountability for Behavior of Another - No Accountability
Accountability for Behavior of Another — No Accountability
A person is not accountable for behavior of another constituting an offense if: [Read
appropriate part]
(1) He/she is a victim of the offense;
(2) The offense is so defined that his/her conduct is inevitably incidental to its
commission; [or]
(3) Prior to the commission of the offense, he/she voluntarily terminated his/her
effort to promote or assist its commission and: [Read appropriate part]
(a) Gave timely and adequate warning to law enforcement authorities [or]
to the intended victim; [or]
(b) Wholly deprived his/her complicity of its effectiveness in the
commission of the offense.
The burden of raising this issue is on the defendant, but this does not shift the
burden of proof to the defendant.
History
[Adopted 10-17-14.]
Provenance
- Source
- judicial.alabama.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
- Content hash
f0916b410f2e7daf6ce8eac8f03fcda8dc7bb16bf7296700ffa8a4ea5acb50ea
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