New Jersey § 2c:2-6

§ 2c:2-6.

a. A person is guilty of an offense if it is committed by his own conduct or by the

conduct of another person for which he is legally accountable, or both. b. A person is legally accountable for the conduct of another person when: (1) Acting with the kind of culpability that is sufficient for the commission of the

offense, he causes an innocent or irresponsible person to engage in such conduct; (2) He is made accountable for the conduct of such other person by the code or by

the law defining the offense; (3) He is an accomplice of such other person in the commission of an offense; or (4) He is engaged in a conspiracy with such other person. c. A person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of an offense if: (1) With the purpose of promoting or facilitating the commission of the offense;

he (a) Solicits such other person to commit it; (b) Aids or agrees or attempts to aid such other person in planning or committing

it; or (c) Having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, fails to make proper

effort so to do; or (2) His conduct is expressly declared by law to establish his complicity. d. A person who is legally incapable of committing a particular offense himself may

be guilty thereof if it is committed by another person for whose conduct he is legally

accountable, unless such liability is inconsistent with the purpose of the provision

establishing his incapacity. e. Unless otherwise provided by the code or by the law defining the offense, a person

is not an accomplice in an offense committed by another person if: (1) He is a victim of that offense; (2) The offense is so defined that his conduct is inevitably incident to its commission;

or (3) He terminates his complicity under circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary

renunciation as defined in section 2C:5-1 d. prior to the commission of the offense. Termination by renunciation is an affirmative defense which the defendant must prove

by a preponderance of evidence. f. An accomplice may be convicted on proof of the commission of the offense and of

his complicity therein, though the person claimed to have committed the offense has

not been prosecuted or convicted or has been convicted of a different offense or degree

of offense or has an immunity to prosecution or conviction or has been acquitted.