Thomas v. City of Talent

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• recognizing that the intent requirement is an essential element of a violation of section 2251(a)(2)
• holding evidence sufficient for aiding and abetting upon testimony that defendant was one of three assailants
• explaining that “the validity of a challenge to [a] jury instruction [] must be considered against the complete jury instructions and the whole trial record”
• indicating that the inconsistencies went to the weight, rather than the admissibility, of the witness’s testimony
• upholding defendant’s conviction for murder where the evidence indicated the defendant knew the principal actor intended to kill the victim and passed him a knife instead of attempting to deter him
• upholding defendant’s conviction for aiding and abetting in assault with a deadly weapon based on evidence that she distracted the victim so that her codefendants could attack and by striking the victim herself

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).