A person charged as an accessory before the fact may be indicted, tried and punished in the same court and county in which the principal felon might be indicted and tried, although the offense of counseling, hiring or procuring the commission of such felony is committed on the high seas or on land outside of the county either within or without the limits of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-21-50
Venue for trial of accessories before the fact
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Dudley (2003)
Most recently applied in State v. Dudley (May 2003)
1962 Code SECTION 17-452; 1952 Code SECTION 17-452; 1942 Code SECTION 1021; 1932 Code SECTION 1021; Cr
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