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.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 156,Sec. 3, eff. 10/1/2013.