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STATE v. WALKER

No. 869SC754.

353 S.E.2d 245 (1987)

STATE of North Carolina v. William WALKER

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. James Peeler Smith, Raleigh, for the State.

Mark Galloway, Roxboro, for defendant-appellant.

ORR, Judge.

I.

Defendant brings forward three assignments of error. First, he contends the indictment for second-degree rape failed to state the necessary elements of the crime and was, therefore, fatally defective.

N.C.G.S. § 15-144.1(a) specifically authorizes a "short form" indictment for the crime of rape and provides as follows:

In indictments for rape it is not necessary to allege every matter required to be proved on the trial...

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