STATE v. SEARCY

No. 74.

111 S.E.2d 190 (1959)

251 N.C. 320

STATE v. James R. SEARCY. STATE v. McKinley MILLER. STATE v. Stanley MORROW.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm B. Seawell, Atty. Gen. and T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

No counsel contra.


PER CURIAM.

Article I, section 12, of the Constitution of North Carolina provides that "No person shall be put to answer any criminal charge except as hereinafter allowed, but by indictment, presentment, or impeachment, but any person, when represented by counsel, may, under such regulations as the Legislature shall prescribe, waive indictment in all except capital cases."

G.S. § 15-140 provides that a defendant, when the offense charged is a misdemeanor...

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