Rhode Island General Laws
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-1-3 (2026)
Liability for aiding, abetting, counseling, hiring, or commanding offenses
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Every person who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure another to commit any crime or offense, shall be proceeded against as principal or as an accessory before the fact, according to the nature of the offense committed, and upon conviction shall suffer the like punishment as the principal offender is subject to by this title.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1969–2023 · leading case: Hector Jaiman v. State of Rhode Island, 55 A.3d 224 (R.I. 2012).
Hector Jaiman v. State of Rhode Island, 55 A.3d 224 (R.I. 2012). “Before this Court, Jaiman raises the following four issues on appeal of the denial of his postconviction-relief application: (1) his due process rights were violated when the prosecutor improperly vouched for Muriel’s credibility, (2) his conviction for first-degree murder…”
State v. Julie Long, 61 A.3d 439 (R.I. 2013). “The defendant argued that the charging document did not reference G.L. 1956 § 11-1-3, which states that “[ejvery person who shall aid, assist, abet * * * or procure another to commit any crime or offense, shall be proceeded against as principal or as an accessory before the…”
State v. Bido, 941 A.2d 822 (R.I. 2008). “94, § 1; aiding and abetting the robbery, in violation of § 11-1-3 and § 11-39-1; and aiding and abetting the murder of Mr.”
Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007). “§ 306 (2002); R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-1-3 (2002); S.C.Code Ann.”
Willis v. Omar, 954 A.2d 126 (R.I. 2008). “However, she failed to establish that this conduct constituted aiding and abetting a criminal act.”
State v. McMaugh, 512 A.2d 824 (R.I. 1986). “Section 11-1-3 governs liability for one who aids, abets or otherwise assists in the commission of a crime.”
State v. Davis, 877 A.2d 642 (R.I. 2005). “In the case on appeal, G.L. 1956 § 11-1-3 provides that a person who aids or abets “another to commit any crime or offense, shall be proceeded against as principal * * * and upon conviction shall suffer the like punishment as the principal offender is subject to by this title.”
State v. Harnois, 853 A.2d 1249 (R.I. 2004). “Harnois contends on appeal that counts 1 through 4 should not have gone to the jury “because one cannot be convicted of being both a principal and an aider and abettor ⅞ * Harnois additionally maintains that G.L.1956 § 11-1-3, the aiding and abetting statute, requires that the…”
State v. Diaz, 654 A.2d 1195 (R.I. 1995). “1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-1-3. That is, one need not have actually “pulled the trigger” in order to have committed first degree murder.”
State v. Grant, 946 A.2d 818 (R.I. 2008). “This case comes before us on the appeal of the defendant, Daniel Grant, from a conviction of one count of aiding and abetting the crime of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver in violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-1-3. The defendant asserts on appeal that the trial justice…”
State v. Delestre, 35 A.3d 886 (R.I. 2012). “” Section 11-1-3. In order to convict a defendant of a crime as an aider and abettor, “the circumstances must establish that a defendant shared in the criminal intent of the principal [and that there was] a community of unlawful purpose at the time the act [was] committed.”
State v. Ouimette, 479 A.2d 702 (R.I. 1984). “It is within this range of penalties that the trial court must sentence defendant, who was convicted of aiding and abetting in the crime of robbery.”
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