United States v. Gary Barnett

How courts have described this case

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• noting that aiding and abetting “frequently involve[s] the use of speech as part of the criminal transaction”
• “An abettor is one Vho, with mens rea, ... commands, counsels or otherwise encourages the perpetrator to commit the crime.’ ”
• “The [F]irst [A]mendment does not provide a defense to a criminal charge simply because the actor uses words to carry out his illegal purpose.”
• “An abettor is one who, with mens rea, . . . com- mands, counsels or otherwise encourages the perpetrator to commit the crime.”
• “The [F]irst [A]mendment does not provide a defense to a criminal charge simply because the actor uses words to carry out his illegal purpose.”
• aider and abettor liable for “natural and probable” consequences of his actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).