STATE v. JENKINS

No. 77b.

77 S.E.2d 796 (1953)

238 N.C. 396

STATE v. JENKINS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and Claude L. Love, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

W. O. Rosser, Whitaker, for defendant, appellant.


ERVIN, Justice.

The Constitution of North Carolina guarantees to the accused in all criminal prosecutions the right to be informed of the accusation against him. N.C.Const. art. I, Sec. 11.

This constitutional guaranty is, in essence, an embodiment of the common-law rule requiring the charge against the accused to be set out in the indictment or warrant with sufficient certainty to identify the offense with which he is sought to be charged, protect him from...

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