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§ 972. — 972. (Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 47.)

California § 972.
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Part 2.TITLE 5. THE PLEADINGS
Ch. 2.CHAPTER 2. Rules of Pleading

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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 972. (2026).

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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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Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 47.
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