BERGER, Justice:
In this criminal appeal we address the need for a jury instruction on an accomplice's mental state and culpability for an aggravating factor. It is settled law that a court must give instructions on lesser included offenses only if requested to do so by either party, and only if there is a rational basis in the evidence to acquit the defendant of the charged offense and find the defendant guilty of the lesser one. By statute, an accomplice is criminally...
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