STATE v. JONES

No. 389PA04.

616 S.E.2d 496 (2005)

359 N.C. 832

STATE of North Carolina v. Christopher Nathaniel JONES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Daniel P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant/appellee.

Paul Pooley, Durham, for defendant appellee/appellant.


MARTIN, Justice.

This appeal presents the issue of whether N.C.G.S. § 15-144 authorizes the use of a short-form indictment to charge attempted first-degree murder.

Evidence presented at trial tended to show that on 30 June 2000, defendant Christopher Nathaniel Jones had an argument with his co-worker, Romario Robinson, at their Pineville, North Carolina workplace, Buffalo Tire. After an angry exchange of words...

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