{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"972","citation":"Pen. Code, § 972","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 5. THE PLEADINGS [940. - 973.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Rules of Pleading [948. - 973.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-5/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 47.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/rules-of-pleading-972","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}