Assembly Committee: Judiciary
Exhibit: G Page 1 of 12 Date: 02/26/13
Submitted by: Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez-Thompson
Accessory After the Fact
Classification of Parties to a Crime*
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Principals
*NRS 195.010
Accessories
 NRS
195.030:
“Every person not standing in the relation of husband, wife, brother or
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sister, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, to the offender who:
1. After the commission of a felony harbors, conceals or aids such an
offender with intent that the offender may avoid or escape from
arrest, trial conviction or punishment, having knowledge that such
offender has committed a felony or is liable to arrest, is an accessory
to the felony.
2. After the commission of a gross misdemeanor harbors, conceals or
aid such an offender with intent that the offender may avoid escape
from arrest, trial, conviction or punishment, having knowledge that
such offender has committed a gross misdemeanor or is liable to
arrest, is an accessory to the gross misdemeanor.
 1911
Crimes and Punishments Act
 Definition
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has not been revisited or
amended in 102 years.
 Case
of Eric Preimesberger
 Victim:
 DOD:
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 Method:
 Perpetrator:
 Crime:
 Sentenced:
Eric Preimesburger
April 24, 2010
Bludgeoning
Timothy Morgan
2nd Degree Murder
25 years to life
Kristi Preimesberger
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Wife to the victim,
Eric Preimesberger
Sister to perpetrator
Timothy Morgan
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Kristi admitted in court to:
• Witnessing the death of her husband;
• Cleaning up the crime scene with her brother;
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• Helped move her husband’s body into an SUV;
• Moved the SUV multiple times to avoid detection;
• Helping to purchase a large freezer that would
become Eric’s coffin;
• Concealed Timothy’s whereabouts during the
police’s investigation;
• Maintained her husband had left on his own accord.
Question Contemplated by AB 116:
 Definition
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of “Accessory” prohibits Kristi
from being charged as an “Accessory.”
 Should
a relative be granted special
exemptions under the criminal law?
 What
actions by relatives are reasonable,
and what are criminal?
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To be clear, the intent of this bill is NOT to
punish a well-meaning relative, who does
not harbor and conceal or aid their loved
in order to avoid arrest, trial, conviction or
punishment!
“Aid” Example: An adult grandchild calls
their Grandparent and says, “I shot a man in
Reno just to watch him die. I need help.”
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 ALL
GOOD: Grandparent councils their
grandson to turn himself into the police. The
Grandparents call a lawyer and arranges for
the lawyer to meet their grandson.
 NOT
GOOD: Grandparent grabs a shovel &
helps to bury the body.
“Harbor” Example: An adult male child arrives at his
parent’s house. He tells them a drug deal went bad,
and he beat a person to death. A recreational drug
user, he is shaken by the occurrence.
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
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ALL GOOD: The parents are angry. They allow their
son to stay the night, then kick him out the next
morning. They do not call the police. Instead, they go
to church to pray for their son.
NOT GOOD: Mom burns her son’s blood soaked
clothing. Meanwhile Dad gets $1,000 in cash from the
ATM and buys his son a one-way bus ticket out of
town.
 Ongoing
work to address sentencing for
relatives under this provision.
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 Ongoing
work to better define “aid.”