People v. Eduardo M.

Opinion

ROTHSCHILD, J.

In the published portion of this opinion, we hold that when a criminal defendant or delinquent ward is convicted of aiding and abetting two felony firearm assaults, he cannot also be convicted of being an accessory to those felonies solely on the basis of his immediate flight from the scene and later denials of his own involvement, even if that conduct incidentally helped the shooter escape.

The juvenile court declared Eduardo M. a delinquent ward after the court found that he committed two assaults with a semiautomatic firearm by aiding and abetting the actual…