Discussion
Which of the following comes under the category, one who assists a felony after his crime with a view to shielding from justice ?
Answer: D
Such a person is an accessory after the fact.
In the common-law classification of parties to a felony, an accessory after the fact is one who, knowing that a felony has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the felon in order to shield him from justice.
A principal in the first degree commits the offence himself; a principal in the second degree is present and aids or abets at the time; and an accessory before the fact counsels or procures the offence beforehand but is absent when it is committed. Only the accessory after the fact acts after the crime.
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