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If you have been arrested in Miami or Fort Lauderdale for accessory, you need a criminal lawyer. Contact us today for a free consultation. As an accessory to a crime, you can be sentenced to the same amount of time as the individual who did the actual crime. If you assisted a person in committing a grand theft, you too can go to prison for 5 years or more, and be held responsible for paying the victim back for their stolen goods. The consequences are serious, and require a strong criminal attorney by your side. We have offices conveniently located in down Miami and Fort Lauderdale, and one of our lawyers is available to speak to you today. Just contact us now and you can speak directly and confidentially with our attorneys.
Below is the law in Miami and Fort Lauderdale for Accessory after the fact:
777.03 Accessory after the fact.--
(1)(a) Any person not standing in the
relation of husband or wife, parent or grandparent,
child or grandchild, brother or sister, by consanguinity
or affinity to the offender, who maintains or assists
the principal or an accessory before the fact,
or gives the offender any other aid, knowing that
the offender had committed a crime and such crime
was a third degree felony, or had been an accessory
thereto before the fact, with the intent that the
offender avoids or escapes detection, arrest, trial,
or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.
(b) Any person who maintains or assists
the principal or accessory before the fact, or
gives the offender any other aid, knowing that
the offender had committed the offense of child
abuse, neglect of a child, aggravated child abuse,
aggravated manslaughter of a child under 18 years
of age, or murder of a child under 18 years of
age, or had been an accessory thereto before the
fact, with the intent that the offender avoids
or escapes detection, arrest, trial, or punishment,
is an accessory after the fact unless the court
finds that the person is a victim of domestic violence.
(c) Any person who maintains or assists
the principal or an accessory before the fact,
or gives the offender any other aid, knowing that
the offender had committed a crime and such crime
was a capital, life, first degree, or second degree
felony, or had been an accessory thereto before
the fact, with the intent that the offender avoids
or escapes detection, arrest, trial, or punishment,
is an accessory after the fact.
(2)(a) If the felony offense committed
is a capital felony, the offense of accessory after
the fact is a felony of the first degree, punishable
as provided in s. 775.082,
s. 775.083,
or s. 775.084.
(b) If the felony offense committed
is a life felony or a felony of the first degree,
the offense of accessory after the fact is a felony
of the second degree, punishable as provided in
s. 775.082,
s. 775.083,
or s. 775.084.
(c) If the felony offense committed
is a felony of the second degree or a felony of
the third degree ranked in level 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, or 10 under s. 921.0022 or
s. 921.0023,
the offense of accessory after the fact is a felony
of the third degree, punishable as provided in
s. 775.082,
s. 775.083,
or s. 775.084.
(d) If the felony offense committed
is a felony of the third degree ranked in level
1 or level 2 under s. 921.0022 or
s. 921.0023,
the offense of accessory after the fact is a misdemeanor
of the first degree, punishable as provided in
s. 775.082,
s. 775.083,
or s. 775.084.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
s. 921.0022,
for purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and
determining incentive gain-time eligibility under
chapter 944, the offense of accessory after the
fact is ranked two levels below the ranking under
s. 921.0022 or
s. 921.0023 of
the felony offense committed.
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