RANDALL EUGENE BARTON, SR.
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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The state satisfied the two-part aider and abettor test by establishing that the defendant helped the principal actor and intended to participate in the crime.
[1] An aider and abettor conviction in Florida requires proof that the defendant helped the principal actor commit the crime and that the defendant intended to participate in…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“To secure a conviction on an aider and abettor theory, the state must establish (1) that the defendant helped the person who actually committed the crime by doing or saying something that caused, encouraged, incited or otherwise assisted that person to commit the crime; and (2) that the defendant intended to participate in the crime.”
Statement of the legal standard for aider and abettor liability in Florida, cited from Evans v. State.
Randall Eugene Barton, Sr. was convicted of a crime as an aider and abettor. The defendant appealed the conviction from Baker County Circuit Court.…
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October 21, 2019 PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Evans v. State, 643 So. 2d 1204, 1205-06 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994) (“To secure a conviction on an aider and abettor theory, the state must establish (1) that the defendant helped the person who actually committed the crime by doing or saying something that caused, encouraged, incited or otherwise assisted that person to commit the crime; and (2) that the defendant intended to participate in the crime.”); § 777.011, Fla. Stat. (2017). WOLF, BILBREY, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.
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_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.