State v. Grainger

HUDSON, Justice.

The State seeks review of the opinion of the Court of Appeals granting defendant a new trial on her conviction of first-degree murder. The Court of Appeals held that a new trial was merited because the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on accessory before the fact under N.C.G.S. § 14-5.2 and that the error was prejudicial. State v. Grainger, _ N.C. App. _, __,, 741 S.E.2d 364, 370 (2012). Because defendant was convicted of first-degree murder under theories of both premeditation and deliberation and the félony murder rule, and defendant’s conviction for…