California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 972

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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Cal. Pen. Code § 972 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-2-of-criminal-procedure/title-5-the-pleadings/chapter-2-rules-of-pleading/section-972

Other sections in Chapter 2 - Rules of Pleading

§ 948§ 949§ 950§ 951§ 952§ 953§ 954§ 954.1§ 955§ 956…§ 969§ 969a§ 969b§ 969e§ 969f§ 969.5§ 970§ 971§ 972§ 973

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