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Cal. Penal Code § 972

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Chapter 2: Rules of Pleading, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 972

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 972Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
An accessory to the commission of a felony may be prosecuted, tried, and punished, though the principal may be neither prosecuted nor tried, and though the principal may have been acquitted.

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