Ava and a friend decide they are going to go to the fireworks on July 4^th and steal as many phones as they can from spectators as they take photographs of the fireworks in the dark. They successfully take 2 or 3 without the somewhat inebriated individuals putting up much of a fight. During her final attempt to take a phone the victim starts to put up a fight and they each begin throwing punches. The friend finds a rock nearby and throws it at the head of a victim, leaving her unconscious and in a coma. If the victim dies, although Ava did not throw the rock, under what doctrine may she be held accountable? A) principal liability B) accessory after the fact C) natural and probable consequences D) derivative liability

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Ava can be held accountable under the "natural and probable consequences" doctrine, which holds individuals liable for any foreseeable outcomes of a criminal enterprise they participated in, even if they did not directly commit the act.

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