CIDSAC Law Practice Test

Accessory after the fact requires after-the-crime assistance given with knowledge of the offense and with the intent to hinder the offender’s apprehension. The best choice states both the act of hindering or preventing apprehension and the mental elements: actual knowledge of the offense and specific intent to hinder. That combination captures both the conduct (helping after the crime) and the mens rea (knowing the crime occurred and wanting to hinder capture).

Hindering alone misses the knowledge element, and merely having knowledge with intent (without tying it to hindering) doesn’t explicitly cover the after-the-fact aiding to avoid arrest. Lending money to the offender could be supportive but isn’t, by itself, proof of intent to hinder or of after-the-fact cooperation with escape, so it doesn’t fit the required elements.