San Diego high school cheerleader charged in fatal beating of homeless man

[haele]

11. Two counts accessory after the fact.

Which means at a minimum that she was aware of what had happened because she was either present when the two "boys" (19 and 22) left the scene of the crime or was part of the the cover-up after the fact (as in cleaning or hiding evidence, or not reporting her knowledge of the crime).

And since the LA times article indicates she made a not guilty plea, there's probably no reason to assume she was an active participant in either the torture (they bound their victim before they beat him such that he died) or murder.

On edit -
Accessory after the fact for a 1st degree murder still typically results in jail time of at least two - five years, unless there is also strong evidence that she had no reasonable choice other than to help the murderers - as in, she feared for her life or something like that.


Haele