Every person who, after a felony has been committed, harbors, conceals or aids a principal in such felony, with the intent that said principal may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction or punishment, having knowledge that said principal has committed such felony or has been charged with such felony or convicted thereof, is an accessory to such felony.
Cal. Penal Code § 32
OF PARTIES TO CRIME
Applied in 122 court decisions — leading case 14 Cal. 4th 605 - People v. Gardeley (1996)
Most recently applied in Fernando Cordero-Garcia v. Merrick Garland (August 2022)
Amended by Stats. 1935, Ch. 436.
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