N.Y. Penal Law Section 20.10
Criminal liability for conduct of another

  • exemption
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 20.00 and 20.05, a person is not criminally liable for conduct of another person constituting an offense when his own conduct, though causing or aiding the commission of such offense, is of a kind that is necessarily incidental thereto. If such conduct constitutes a related but separate offense upon the part of the actor, he is liable for that offense only and not for the conduct or offense committed by the other person.

Source: Section 20.10 — Criminal liability for conduct of another; exemption, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/20.­10 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 8, 2025).

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