principal in the second degree

One who helped the perpetrator at the time of the crime.

— Also termed accessory at the fact; second-degree principal. See ABETTOR. [Cases: Criminal Law 63, 78. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 132, 143–144, 148.]

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