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Parties to a Crime
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| principal | one who commits, most responsible |
| accomplice | helps commit the crime charged same as principal |
| accessory before the crime | involved in one/some: planning, setting up scene, setting up victim, acquiring tools to commit the crime charged same as principal |
| accessory after the crime | involved in one/some: destroying evidence, hiding evidence, helping party escape, lying to investigators to help party escape charged with: aiding & abetting, obstruction of justice, harboring a fugitive |