Practice question · Numerical answer
Under Article 63 of the Criminal Code, by how many degrees is an accomplice's penalty reduced below that of the author?
Hints
- A single step down the scale.
- One degree.
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1
Why
One degree, and it is fixed rather than discretionary. Contrast the attempt reduction, which is by one or two degrees at the court's appreciation. The difference is deliberate: how far an attempt got is a matter of degree that the court must weigh, whereas being an accomplice rather than an author is a binary classification.
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