Taylor v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Kenyan Taylor was convicted of murder as Mose Bowling's accomplice. Taylor's lawyer did not ask that the jury be told that in order for Taylor to be guilty as an accomplice, the jury had to find that Bowling had killed "knowingly or intentionally." Because of this, the Court of Appeals reversed Taylor's conviction. Following authority from several other jurisdictions, we hold that a defendant can be guilty as an accomplice even if the principal does not act "knowingly or intentionally."

Background

Kenyan Taylor and Mose Bowling went to Walter Anderson's home to demand money…