Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Venue and Other Procedural Matters
Section 4-204 - Accessory Before the Fact

(a)    In this section, the words “accessory before the fact” and “principal” have their judicially determined meanings.
    (b)    Except for a sentencing proceeding under § 2–304 of the Criminal Law Article:
        (1)    the distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal is abrogated; and
        (2)    an accessory before the fact may be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced as a principal.
    (c)    An accessory before the fact may be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced for a crime regardless of whether a principal in the crime has been:
        (1)    charged with the crime;
        (2)    acquitted of the crime; or
        (3)    convicted of a lesser or different crime.
    (d)    If a crime is committed in the State, an accessory before the fact may be charged, tried and convicted, and sentenced in a county where:
        (1)    an act of accessoryship was committed; or
        (2)    a principal in the crime may be charged, tried and convicted, and sentenced.

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