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    "judges": [
      "Judges Clark and Whichard concur."
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        "text": "HEDRICK, Judge.\nThe sole question presented by this appeal is whether the superior court has original jurisdiction to try the offense with which defendant was charged. G.S. \u00a7\u00a7 7A-271 and 7A-272 provide that the exclusive and original jurisdiction for the trial of all criminal actions below the grade of felony, with several exceptions not here in issue, shall be in the district court, while the trial of all felony actions shall be within the exclusive and original j urisdiction of the superior court.\nCiting State v. Spivey, 213 N.C. 45, 195 S.E. 1 (1938), the State asserts that an attempt to commit a crime against nature has been declared to be an infamous misdemeanor under G.S. \u00a7 14-3, and that G.S. \u00a7 14-3 provides that \u201cinfamous misdemeanors\u201d are to be felonies. To this we agree. See, e.g., State v. Harward, 264 N.C. 746, 142 S.E.2d 691 (1965); State v. Mintz, 242 N.C. 761, 89 S.E.2d 463 (1955). The State further contends, however, that solicitation to commit a crime against nature is the same as an attempt to commit a crime against nature, thus making solicitation to commit a crime against nature an \u201cinfamous misdemeanor\u201d felony properly within the original jurisdiction of the superior court. To this we cannot agree.\nThe offense of crime against nature is of course a felony in this State. G.S. \u00a7 14-177; State v. Harward, supra. The gravamen of the offense of solicitation to commit a felony lies in counseling, enticing, or inducing another to commit a crime. State v. Furr, 292 N.C. 711, 235 S.E.2d 193, cert. denied, 434 U.S. 924, 54 L.Ed.2d 281, 98 S.Ct. 402 (1977). The offense of solicitation is complete with the act of solicitation, even though there never could be acquiescence in the scheme by the one solicited, State v. Keen, 25 N.C. App. 567, 214 S.E.2d 242 (1975), and even where the solicitation is of ho effect. State v. Hampton, 210 N.C. 283, 186 S.E. 251 (1936).\nAttempt to commit a felony, on the other hand, involves an intent to commit the felony indicated and an overt act done for that purpose which goes beyond mere preparation but falls short of the completed offense. State v. Smith, 300 N.C. 71, 265 S.E.2d 164 (1980); State v. Bailey, 4 N.C. App. 407, 167 S.E.2d 24 (1969). The overt act involved need not be the last proximate act to the consummation of the felony attempted to be perpetrated, but it must be near enough to it to stand either as the first or some subsequent step in a direct movement toward the commission of the felony. State v. Dowd, 28 N.C. App. 32, 220 S.E.2d 393 (1975).\nIn our view, solicitation to commit a felony and attempt to commit a felony are two separate and distinct offenses. The crime of solicitation, unlike attempt, does not involve an overt act toward the commission of the underlying felony, as the crime of solicitation is complete with the mere act of \u201centicing or inducing.\u201d Moreover, the elements of the two offenses require two very different types of analyses. We hold that solicitation to commit a crime against nature cannot be construed as an attempt to commit a crime against nature, that solicitation to commit a crime against nature is therefore not an \u201cinfamous misdemeanor\u201d under G.S. \u00a7 14-3, and that the superior court properly dismissed the indictment for want of jurisdiction.\nAffirmed.\nJudges Clark and Whichard concur.",
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        "author": "HEDRICK, Judge."
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      "Attorney General Edmisten, by Assistant Attorney General W. Dale Talbert, for the State.",
      "James B. Ledford, for the defendant appellee."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. NANCY SMALL TYNER\nNo. 8026SC587\n(Filed 16 December 1980)\nCriminal Law \u00a7 4; Courts \u00a7 3\u2014 solicitation to commit offense \u2014 no felony \u2014 no jurisdiction in superior court\nSolicitation to commit a crime against nature cannot be construed as an attempt to commit a crime against nature; solicitation to commit a crime against nature is therefore not an \u201cinfamous misdemeanor\u201d under G.S. 14-3; and the superior court therefore did not have original jurisdiction of such a charge.\nAppeal by the State from Snepp, Judge. Order entered 20 February 1980 in Superior Court, MECKLENBURG County. Heard in the Court of Appeals on 4 November 1980.\nDefendant was indicted for solicitation to commit a crime against nature on 9 July 1979. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the indictment on 20 February 1980, contending that \u201cthe Superior Court is without jurisdiction to try said matter for that the same charges a misdemeanor and that the original jurisdiction of such charge is in the District Court.\u201d From an order dismissing the indictment on the requested grounds, the State appealed pursuant to G.S. \u00a7 15A-1445 (a).\nAttorney General Edmisten, by Assistant Attorney General W. Dale Talbert, for the State.\nJames B. Ledford, for the defendant appellee."
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