Pen. Code, § 32 · Title 2. OF PARTIES TO CRIME
Pen. Code, § 32
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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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1935, Ch. 436.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=32.
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