Sec. 39. Every person concerned in the commission of an offense, whether he directly commits the act constituting the offense or procures, counsels, aids, or abets in its commission may hereafter be prosecuted, indicted, tried and on conviction shall be punished as if he had directly committed such offense.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.39
Abolition of distinction between accessory and principal
Applied in 195 court decisions — leading case Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez (2007)
Most recently applied in People v. Hosei (December 2023)
1927, Act 175, Eff
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