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2022 Wyoming Statutes
Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Article 2 - Liability
Section 6-1-201 - Accessory Before the Fact.
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WY Stat § 6-1-201 (2022)
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6-1-201. Accessory before the fact.
(a) A person who knowingly aids or abets in the commission of a felony, or who counsels, encourages, hires, commands or procures a felony to be committed, is an accessory before the fact.
(b) An accessory before the fact:
(i) May be indicted, informed against, tried and convicted as if he were a principal;
(ii) May be indicted, informed against, tried and convicted either before or after and whether or not the principal offender is indicted, informed against, tried or convicted; and
(iii) Upon conviction, is subject to the same punishment and penalties as are prescribed by law for the punishment of the principal.
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