Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-16-101
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Parties to a crime
Official statutory text
(a) Classification of parties. The parties to crimes are
classified as: 1. Principals, and 2. Accessories. (b) Principals
defined. All persons concerned in the commission of crime, whether
it be felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the
act constituting the offense or aid and abet in its commission,
though not present, are principals. (c) Accessories defined. All
persons who, after the commission of any felony, conceal or aid the
offender, with the knowledge that he has committed a felony, and
with intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial,
conviction, or punishment, are accessories. (d) No accessories to
misdemeanor. There are no accessories. (e) Punishment of
accessories. Except in cases where a different punishment is
prescribed by law, an accessory to a felony is punishable by
imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years,
or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by fine not
exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
classified as: 1. Principals, and 2. Accessories. (b) Principals
defined. All persons concerned in the commission of crime, whether
it be felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the
act constituting the offense or aid and abet in its commission,
though not present, are principals. (c) Accessories defined. All
persons who, after the commission of any felony, conceal or aid the
offender, with the knowledge that he has committed a felony, and
with intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial,
conviction, or punishment, are accessories. (d) No accessories to
misdemeanor. There are no accessories. (e) Punishment of
accessories. Except in cases where a different punishment is
prescribed by law, an accessory to a felony is punishable by
imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years,
or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by fine not
exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
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