Delaware § 274 - Offenses involving 2 or more persons; convictions for different degrees of offense.

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§ 274. Offenses involving 2 or more persons; convictions for different degrees of offense.

When, pursuant to § 271 of this title, 2 or more persons are criminally liable for an offense which is divided into degrees, each person is guilty of an offense of such degree as is compatible with that person’s own culpable mental state and with that person’s own accountability for an aggravating fact or circumstance.

11 Del. C. 1953, §  274;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1; 

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