Can I Head To Jail If We Let Someone Live Beside Me As He Features A Warrant For Their Arrest?
Essentially, the quick reply to this real question is YES, that he has a warrant out for his arrest if you let the person live in your home and you know. It is imperative to consult a criminal defense attorney if you are facing an accessory charge.
Prosecution for Acting as an Accessory
Penal Code Section 32 provides the following: An accessory is a person “who, after having a felony happens to be committed, harbors, conceals, or helps a principal such felony, with all the intent having said that individual may avoid or getting away from arrest, test, conviction or punishment, having knowledge having said that principal has committed such felony or happens to be faced with such felony or convicted thereof…”