A conscientious error of a person in the aspect of institution of complicity in a crime

The study of institution of complicity in a crime includes questions of the grounds and limits of criminal liability of co-participants (Article 35 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). However, first of all, a law enforcement officer must determine: who, among the persons having participated in the committing of a socially dangerous act, can legally be considered as accomplices. Still actual are studies of the role and legal assessment of the behavior of a person, acting in a differently evaluated situation: mediocre harm, an excusable mistake, an honest mistake. This publication is a proposal to clarify criminal legal terminology, features, typology and criminal legal significance of the phenomenon under study in the aspect of the doctrine of complicity in a crime.