Criminal Law. An accessory before the fact is one who aids, counsels, commands, or encourages the commission of the crime, but who is not present either actually or constructively at the moment of perpetration of the crime. [Example: X recruits A and B to rob a bank and provides them with guns and masks. X remains at home while A and B […]
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Accessory After The Fact
Criminal Law. An accessory after the fact is one who, with knowledge of the other’s guilt, renders assistance to a felon in the effort to hinder his detection, arrest, trial or punishment. [Example: After A and B rob a bank, they meet C, who agrees to hide them in her basement until the police leave the area. […]
Accessory
Criminal Law. A person who assists another in connection with a crime, but without being present when the crime is committed. At early common law, guilty parties to a felony crime were categorized as either principals or accessories. The actor that perpetrated the crime was the principal in the first degree, and all others involved were accessories. […]