Legal Opinion
Smallwood v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided November 3, 1989No. A-2695PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
John Smallwood was convicted of theft in the third degree in violation of AS 11.46.-140. Smallwood was prosecuted on the theory that he was legally accountable for the conduct of his twenty-yeár-old, mentally retarded daughter, Patricia Smallwood. Alaska Statute 11.16.110 provides in part:
Legal accountability based upon the conduct of another: Complicity. A person is legally accountable for the conduct of another constituting an offense if
[[Image here]](3) acting with the culpable mental state that is sufficient for the commission of the offense, the person causes an…
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