Cite as: 47 CNCA § 16-101

A. Classification of parties. The parties to crimes are classified as:

1. Principals, and

2. Accessories.

B. Principals defined. All persons concerned in the commission of crime, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid and abet in its commission, though not present, are principals.

C. Accessories defined. All persons who, after the commission of any crime, conceal or aid the offender, with the knowledge that he has committed a crime, and with intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment, are accessories.

D. No accessories to misdemeanor. There are no accessories.

E. Punishment of accessories. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by law, an accessory to a felony is punishable by imprisonment for a term not to exceed three (3) years, or by fine not exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Historical Data

LA 2–91, eff. February 9, 1991. Amended LA 02-21, eff. January 11, 2021.