A misprision of a felony is the concealment of a felony without giving any degree of support to the felony. The elements of misprision of a felony, both of which must be proved to support conviction, are:
concealment of something, such as suppression of evidence or some other positive act; and
failure to disclose.
Failure to disclose, without active concealment, is not a felony
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