Section 35-44.1-2-5 - Assisting a criminal(a) A person not standing in the relation of parent, child, or spouse to another person who has committed a crime or is a fugitive from justice who, with intent to hinder the apprehension or punishment of the other person, harbors, conceals, or otherwise assists the person commits assisting a criminal, a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is:(1) a Level 6 felony, if:(A) the person assisted has committed a Class B, Class C, or Class D felony before July 1, 2014, or a Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, or Level 6 felony after June 30, 2014; or(B) the person or the person assisted is a member of a criminal organization; and(2) a Level 5 felony, if the person assisted has committed murder or has committed a Class A felony before July 1, 2014, or a Level 1 or Level 2 felony after June 30, 2014, or if the assistance was providing a deadly weapon.(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person assisted: (1) has not been prosecuted for the offense;(2) has not been convicted of the offense; or(3) has been acquitted of the offense by reason of insanity. However, the acquittal of the person assisted for other reasons may be a defense.
Amended by P.L. 25-2016, SEC. 20, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by P.L. 158-2013, SEC. 504, eff. 7/1/2014.Added by P.L. 126-2012, SEC. 54, eff. 7/1/2012.