Hawkes v. State

In Hawkes v. State, 626 P.2d 1041, 1043 (Wyo. 1981), the Court long ago put to rest that since an aider and abettor is to be "informed against, tried and convicted in the same manner as if he were a principal," no distinction is made between aider and abettor and principal. Therefore, an aider and abettor is guilty of the principal crime with proof of participation in either capacity sufficient to convict a defendant as a principal. Id.