§ 1002. Criminal Facilitation.
(1) Offense. A person is guilty of criminal facilitation if he knowingly provides
substantial assistance to a person intending to commit a felony, and that person,
in fact, commits the crime contemplated, or a like or related felony, employing the
assistance so provided. The ready lawful availability from others of the goods or
services provided by a defendant is a factor to be considered in determining whether
or not his assistance was substantial. This section does not apply to a person who is
either expressly or by implication made not accountable by the statute defining the felony
facilitated or related statutes.
(2) Defense Precluded. Except as otherwise provided, it is no defense to a prosecution
under this section that the person whose conduct the defendant facilitated has been
acquitted, has not been prosecuted or convicted, has been convicted of a different
offense, is immune from prosecution, or is otherwise not subject to justice.
(3) Grading. Facilitation of a Class A felony is a Class C felony. Facilitation of a
Class B or Class C felony is a Class A misdemeanor.
(4) Jurisdiction. There is federal jurisdiction over an offense defined in this section
when the felony facilitated is a federal felony.
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