Oates v. State

Oates and Giles (defendants) fatally stabbed Stanford during a brawl. The jury found Giles the principal in the first degree, having struck the fatal blow with specific but unpremeditated intent to kill, supporting second-degree murder. It also convicted Oates of second-degree murder as an aider and abettor, even though it found Oates lacked the specific intent to kill or inflict serious harm that Giles possessed.

Whether multiple defendants can be found guilty of the same criminal act despite each having acted with a different mental state.