{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-972","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 972","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 5. THE PLEADINGS [940. - 973.]","CHAPTER 2. Rules of Pleading [948. - 973.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6520f252a89d2efbdc2510f93463d8bb827673f2a493dd815e1a3a0749293962","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-971","next":"us-ca/pen-973"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}