Accomplice and accessory are functionally the same thing and he'd also be a co-conspirator. In any event, an accomplice in New York (and I believe all other jurisdictions) is charged and punished as a principal. Murder in NY is an A-1 felony and the bare minimum punishment is 15–Life. Not sure whether conspiracy…

Again, not saying he would be arrested or successfully charged, saying that his actions as portrayed violated the letter of the law.

I'd say that he was 100% upset about his drug train being thwarted, but at any rate, the point that I was making was about the legal aspect of the situation, not jailhouse morality.

Yeah, I guess I need to watch the episode again to see whether they were talking or giving some signs of coordination before it happened, but you're right, even if there were someone (e.g. Freddy) would have to roll on him to make it a slam dunk.

Any decent prosecutor, assuming there are video cameras, could prove it.

That is half right (and my original comment was half wrong). First degree murder is still on the books in NY but the statute remains similar to a capital murder statute—which is to say, second degree murder with special circumstances (e.g. you killed a cop or you killed a witness to prevent him from testifying etc.).…

Note: Naz may not be guilty of the second degree murder for which he's on trial (the highest degree of murder in NY since it did away with the death penalty), but his involvement in the killing at the end of the episode is more than enough to earn him a life sentence for that crime.

Note: Naz may not be guilty of the second degree murder for which he's on trial (the highest degree of murder in NY since it did away with the death penalty), but his involvement in the killing at the end of the episode is more than enough to earn him a life sentence for that crime.