{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-2-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-2-20","heading":"When a person is a party to a crime.","body":"(a) Every person concerned in the commission of a crime is a party thereto and may be charged with and convicted of commission of the crime.\n(b) A person is concerned in the commission of a crime only if he:\n(1) Directly commits the crime;\n(2) Intentionally causes some other person to commit the crime under such circumstances that the other person is not guilty of any crime either in fact or because of legal incapacity;\n(3) Intentionally aids or abets in the commission of the crime; or\n(4) Intentionally advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to commit the crime.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 2 Criminal Liability","Article 2 Parties to Crimes"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"cac29becd5d1fb136095845917303e7ff1588e3aa4ee48d1687e2695ba4c9de5","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-2-6","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-2-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}