texas burglary
Can I be charge with burglary of habitation for giving someone a ride?
<p>I recently gave smy friend a ride to his uncles house and he ended up stealing. They trying to charge me for it because my friend is saying I helped him but I only gave him a ride.I live in Texas.</p>

<p>It all depends on whether you knew (or should have known) beforehand that your friend was going to commit a crime.</p>
<p>But more importantly, if you think you are likely to be charged with a crime (rightly or wrongly), <strong>you really should get legal advice</strong>, not opinions from the Internet.</p>

<p>You &quot;can&quot; be charged as an accessory before the fact, if the evidence shows that you know of the intention to break into the house. This is covered in <a href="https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.7.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Texas Penal Code Ch. 7</a>. Driving the getaway car is also a crime, so it really depends on what you knew. See especially §7.02:</p>
<p>(a)  A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if:</p>
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<p>(1)  acting with the kind of culpability required for the offense, he
causes or aids an innocent or nonresponsible person to engage in
conduct prohibited by the definition of the offense;</p>
<p>(2)  acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the
offense, he solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid
the other person to commit the offense;  or</p>
<p>(3)  having a legal duty to prevent commission of the offense and
acting with intent to promote or assist its commission, he fails to
make a reasonable effort to prevent commission of the offense.</p>
<p>(b)  If, in the attempt to carry out a conspiracy to commit one
felony, another felony is committed by one of the conspirators, all
conspirators are guilty of the felony actually committed, though
having no intent to commit it, if the offense was committed in
furtherance of the unlawful purpose and was one that should have been
anticipated as a result of the carrying out of the conspiracy.</p>
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