PRINTER'S NO. 3365
No. 2499 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY KIRKLAND, BELARDI, ROONEY, TRELLO, JAMES, DALEY,
M. COHEN, ROBINSON, C. WILLIAMS, CURRY, HENNESSEY, CORRIGAN,
BEBKO-JONES, CARN, YOUNGBLOOD, WASHINGTON, KENNEY, STEELMAN,
MYERS AND L. I. COHEN, APRIL 1, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 1, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for accomplice
3 liability.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 306(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 306. Liability for conduct of another; complicity.
9 * * *
10 (c) Accomplice defined.--A person is an accomplice of
11 another person in the commission of an offense if:
12 (1) with the intent of promoting or facilitating the
13 commission of the offense, he:
14 (i) solicits such other person to commit it; or
15 (ii) aids or agrees or attempts to aid such other
16 person in planning or committing it; [or]
17 (1.1) he sells to such other person, in violation of
1 Chapter 61 (relating to firearms and other dangerous
2 articles), a "firearm," as defined in section 6101 (relating
3 to definitions), and such other person uses that firearm in
4 the commission of the offense; or
5 (2) his conduct is expressly declared by law to
6 establish his complicity.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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