STATE v. SWIFT

No. 24.

226 S.E.2d 652 (1976)

290 N.C. 383

STATE of North Carolina v. Tamarcus SWIFT, alias Poison Ivy.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles M. Hensey and Associate Atty. Henry H. Burgwyn, Raleigh, for the State.

W. Dortch Langston, Jr. and Phillip A. Baddour, Jr., Goldsboro, for defendant-appellant.


COPELAND, Justice.

Counsel for defendant makes a total of 63 assignments of error, based on 333 exceptions. 12 assignments have been abandoned.

(1) Assignment of Error No. 1 contends it was error to deny defendant's motion to quash the bills of indictment because defendant's name is set out in both bills as "Tamarcus Swift (Alias Poison Ivy)."

The word "alias" is defined in Webster's Third New International Dictionary 52, 53 (1971) as "used esp. in...

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