Talmadge, J. (dissenting) — I dissent because WPIC 10.51 accurately instructs a jury on the law of accomplice liability in Washington. 11 Washington Pattern Jury Instructions: Criminal (WPIC) (2d ed. 1994). The majority’s newfound interpretation of RCW 9A.08.020(3) and WPIC 10.51 disrupts and distorts clear Washington law on accomplice liability. Accomplices need not share the same mens rea. So long as accomplices act with the gen…
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