Md. Code, Crim. Proc. § 4-204 : CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — PRETRIAL PROCEDURES — VENUE AND OTHER PROCEDURAL MATTERS —204 - Accessory before the fact

(a) In this section, the words "accessory before the fact" and "principal" have their judicially determined meanings.
(b) Except for a sentencing proceeding under § 2-304 of the Criminal Law Article:
(1) the distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal is abrogated; and
(2) an accessory before the fact may be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced as a principal.
(c) An accessory before the fact may be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced for a crime regardless of whether a principal in the crime has been:
(1) charged with the crime;
(2) acquitted of the crime; or
(3) convicted of a lesser or different crime.
(d) If a crime is committed in the State, an accessory before the fact may be charged, tried and convicted, and sentenced in a county where:
(1) an act of accessoryship was committed; or
(2) a principal in the crime may be charged, tried and convicted, and sentenced.

Md. Code, CP § 4-204

Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 156,Sec. 3, eff. 10/1/2013.
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