STATE v. DARROCH

No. 102A81.

287 S.E.2d 856 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Dean Taylor DARROCH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Sarah C. Young, Raleigh, for the State.

DeMent, Askew & Gaskins by Johnny S. Gaskins, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


CARLTON, Justice.

The State's evidence tended to show that defendant, a Virginia resident, while in Virginia, hired two persons to murder her estranged husband and that he was murdered in this state by the persons so hired. Defendant was convicted as an accessory before the fact to the murder. The most important question raised by this appeal is whether the State of North Carolina may constitutionally assert jurisdiction over a defendant who commits the crime of accessory...

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