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Cal. Penal Code § 33 (2026)

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Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed, an accessory is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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Cited in 4 cases, 1958–2006 · leading case: Heard v. United States, 686 A.2d 1026 (D.C. 1996).

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Heard v. United States, 686 A.2d 1026 (D.C. 1996). · cites it 2× “CAL.PENAL CODE § 33 (West 1988) (California's accessory after the fact statute provides that except in cases where another statute authorizes a different punishment, accessories are subject only to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and/or imprisonment not exceeding one…”

Shortridge v. Mun. Court, 151 Cal. App. 3d 611 (Cal. Ct. App. 1984). “(Pen. Code, § 33.) In this case the district attorney specified the offense to be a misdemeanor pursuant to Penal Code section 17, subdivision (b)(4).”

Navarro-Lopez v. Gonzales (9th Cir. 2006). “See Cal. Penal Code § 33 (stating that an accessory is punishable either by a fine, or by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail not exceeding one year); Cal.”

People v. Zack, 162 Cal. App. 2d 428 (Cal. Ct. App. 1958). “) Under the 1957 amendment to Penal Code, section 3024, subdivision (c), the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by section 33 was not changed but the minimum sentence of a defendant who has previously been convicted of a felony, but who was not armed with a deadly weapon at…”

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