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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 95 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Chiu.

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1 People v. Chiu Anchor
cal · 2014
red “when a trial court instructs a jury on two theories of guilt, one of which was legally correct and one legally incorrect, reversal is required unless there is a basis in the record to find that the verdict was based on a valid ground.” 56
2 People v. Chiu
cal · 2014
red “an aider and abettor may not be convicted of first degree premeditated murder under the natural and probable consequences doctrine.” 22
3 People v. Smith
cal · 2014
green “an aider and abettor is guilty not only of the intended, or target, crime but also of any other crime a principal in the target crime actually commits (the nontarget crime) that is a natural and probable consequence of the target crime. 'thus, for example, if a person aids and a…” 10
4 People v. Smith
cal · 2014
green “to establish aiding and abetting liability under the natural and probable consequence doctrine, the prosecution must prove the nontarget offense was reasonably foreseeable; it need not additionally prove the nontarget offense was not committed for a reason independent of the com…” 4
5 United States v. Wayne Ladell Stroupe
ca4 · 1976
green “this wheel arrangement is a single conspiracy only when the activities of each of the spokes is interrelated, as when the success of each of the activities depends on the success of the others.” 3

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