California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cooper, 227 Cal.App.3d 271, 265 Cal.Rptr. 58 (Cal. App. 1989):
Accordingly, People v. Beeman (1984) 35 Cal.3d 547, 199 Cal.Rptr. 60, 674 P.2d 1318 refers to aiding and abetting the commission of a crime, not its completion, very clearly meaning the point at which a defendant must have become involved. It follows one can be an accessory after the fact of a committed crime, not just a completed crime.
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