State v. Carson

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the defendant, who assisted his co-defendants in committing an aggravated robbery, was criminally responsible under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-402(2) for additional offenses committed by them.

The defendant, who planned the store robbery, furnished guns and inside information to his co-defendants but waited in the ear outside the store, was convicted of aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and felony reckless endangerment. 1 The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions, finding that the defendant was criminally…