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609.05.2a

Statute ID: 19221

Statute Function ID: 38841

Liability for Crimes of Another - Exceptions to 609.185(a)(3) and 609.19.2(1)

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Statute Number:

609.05.2a

Enactment Date:

May 19, 2023

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2023

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Liability for Crimes of Another - Exceptions to 609.185(a)(3) and 609.19.2(1)

Statute ID:

19221

Created:

Jul 12, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 12, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Exceptions added; Effective 08/01/2023

Summary Text:

Liability for Crimes of Another - Exceptions to 609.185(a)(3) and 609.19.2(1)

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/05.html

Legislative Session:

2023 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 12, 2023

(a) A person may not be held criminally liable for a violation of section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (3), for a death caused by another unless the person intentionally aided, advised, hired, counseled, or conspired with or otherwise procured the other with the intent to cause the death of a human being.

(b) A person may not be held criminally liable for a violation of section 609.19, subdivision 2, clause (1), for a death caused by another unless the person was a major participant in the underlying felony and acted with extreme indifference to human life.

(1) used a deadly weapon during the commission of the underlying felony or provided a deadly weapon to another participant where it was reasonably foreseeable that the weapon would be used in the underlying felony;

(2) caused substantial bodily harm to another during the commission of the underlying felony;

(3) coerced or hired a participant to undertake actions in furtherance of the underlying felony that proximately caused the death, and where it was reasonably foreseeable that such actions would cause death or great bodily harm; or

(4) impeded another person from preventing the death either by physical action or by threat of physical action where it was reasonably foreseeable that death or great bodily harm would result.