1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 84 S.E.2d
  5. 84 S.E.2d 654 (1954)
 

STATE v. SCOTT

No. 434.

84 S.E.2d 654 (1954)

241 N.C. 178

STATE v. Alford Lindor SCOTT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 24, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Pittman & Staton and Edwin B. Hatch, Jr., Sanford, for defendant appellant.

BARNHILL, Chief Justice.

The bill of indictment fails to meet the test set forth in State v. Sumner, 232 N.C. 386, 61 S.E.2d 84, and other decisions of like import. The allegations in a bill of indictment must particularize the crime charged and be sufficiently explicit to protect the defendant against a subsequent prosecution for the same offense. This the bill of indictment appearing in this record...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases