In this section, the words “accessory before the fact” and “principal” have their judicially determined meanings. Except for a sentencing proceeding under § 2–304 of the Criminal Law Article: the distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal is abrogated; and an accessory before the fact may be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced as a principal. An accessory before the fact may be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced for a crime regardless of whether a principal in the crime has been: charged with the crime; acquitted of the crime; or convicted of a lesser or different crime. If a crime is committed in the State, an accessory before the fact may be charged, tried and convicted, and sentenced in a county where: an act of accessoryship was committed; or a principal in the crime may be charged, tried and convicted, and sentenced.