What is the test for a witness to be charged as a principal or a principal in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hernandez, B225746 (Cal. App. 2012):
accomplice, the witness must be chargeable with the crime as a principal [citation] and not merely as an accessory after the fact [citations]. [Citation.]' [Citation.]" (People v. Felton (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 260, 268.)
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