2025 Session
Last amended: 1986 session
§ 192A.395 — Accessory After the Fact
Plain-Language Summary
Makes it a military offense to help someone escape punishment after they committed a crime.
192A.395 ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT.
Any person subject to this code who, knowing that an offense punishable by this code has been committed, receives, comforts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent the offender’s apprehension, trial, or punishment shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
History:
1963 c 661 s 192A.395; 1986 c 444
History: History: 1963 c 661 s 192A.395; 1986 c 444
Practical Notes
Helping a fellow service member hide from military justice is itself a punishable offense.