Another person must have committed all or part of the crime. The defendant must have had knowledge that the other person intended to commit all or part of the crime. The defendant must have had the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the crime. The defendant must have aided, abetted, advised or encouraged the other person in the commission or planning of the crime. He argues that complicity requires that a defendant have the culpable mental state of the underlying offense, and therefore, since felony murder is a strict liability offense without any culpable mental state, complicity cannot apply to felony murder.
Defendant misunderstands the legal theory of complicity.
The complicity statute does not create a substantive offense. Complicity is a theory of law by which an accomplice may be held criminally liable for a crime committed by another person if the accomplice aids, abets, or advises the principal, intending thereby to facilitate the commission of the crime. However, complicity is not a theory of strict liability. It requires that a defendant have the culpable mental state required for the underlying felony and intend that his or her conduct promote or facilitate the commission of the crime by the principal. Bogdanov v. People , supra .