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R v Smith (Wesley)

[1963] 1 WLR 1200; [1963] 3 All ER 597 (CCA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal

Year1963

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A party to a joint criminal enterprise who foresees an act as a possible incident of that enterprise may be criminally liable for that act carried out by another participant, though his liability may differ in degree from the principal's.

Area of Law

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