Does the crime of being accessory to murder constitute a lesser included crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Schuster, F055692, No. F03904715-0 (Cal. App. 2011):
The crime of being an accessory is not a lesser included offense of murder. (People v. Jennings (2010) 50 Cal.4th 616, 668.) Whether accessory is a lesser related
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