• An accomplice is one who knowingly, voluntarily, and with common intent unites with the principal offender in the commission of a crime.

• Complicity is not the same as conspiracy. Conspiracy is an inchoate (i.e., incomplete) crime. Complicity occurs when two or more offenders work together and actually commit a criminal act.

• Today, there are two main parties to a crime: accomplices and accessories.

• An accomplice is one who knowingly, voluntarily, and with common intent unites with the principal offender in the commission of a crime.

• An accessory is typically a participant in a crime after it is committed.

Questions:-

1. Explain how conspiracy differs from complicity.
2. Define modern-day parties to a crime.