Hindering prosecution in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 205.60 Hindering prosecution in the second degree.
A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the second degree when he renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed a class B or class C felony.
Hindering prosecution in the second degree is a class E felony.
A person commits second-degree hindering prosecution by rendering criminal assistance to someone who committed a class B or class C felony. ★ The offense is a class E felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.