(a) A person is guilty of complicity in the commission of a criminal offense when they assist with the performance of the conduct which constitutes a criminal offense, when they assist with the planning of the performance, or when they assist with avoiding detection, arrest, or investigation by law enforcement following the performance of the conduct.

(b) Complicity in the commission of a criminal offense shall constitute an offense one degree less severe in classification to the criminal offense with which they were complicit.

(c) In any prosecution for complicity in the commission of a criminal offense, it is an affirmative defense that, prior to the commission of, or attempt to commit, the offense, the Defendant terminated his complicity, under circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary renunciation of the criminal purpose of the scheme.

(d) It is no defense to a prosecution for complicity in the commission of a criminal offense that no person with whom the Defendant was in complicity has been convicted as a principal offender.

Section History

Added: [Stat. 26-29, Kramerian Revised Criminal Code Act of 2026**)](https://ols.krameria.xyz/Stat-26-29-Kramerian-Revised-Criminal-Code-Act-of-2026-402b2321706548ffb2acd375eddb8ecd), § 400.04

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