STATE v. JOHNSTON

No. 7817SC582.

249 S.E.2d 879 (1978)

39 N.C. App. 179

STATE of North Carolina v. Richard M. JOHNSTON, Jr. and Harry Lee Bowman.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Attys. Gen. Roy A. Giles, Jr. and Nonnie F. Midgette, Raleigh, for the State.

Robert S. Cahoon, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant, Richard M. Johnston, Jr.

C. Orville Light, Eden, for defendant-appellant, Harry Lee Bowman.


CLARK, Judge.

Defendants assign error in the denial of their motions to quash the indictments, contending that the three indictments were fatally defective because they do not allege that the theft of the property was a felony in the State of Virginia.

We treat these assignments of error together. All indictments allege the essential elements of the crimes charged. An indictment is sufficient if it charges the offense in a plain, intelligible, and explicit...

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