Edward Ernest Hartman v. R.C. Lee, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina

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• concluding that a short-form indictment charging first-degree murder was constitutionally sufficient to put defendant on notice that second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter are lesser-included offenses of murder
• explaining that “the Fifth Amendment requirement of indictment by grand jury does not apply to the states” and thus “federal cases involving indictments are of little value when evaluating the sufficiency . . . of a state accusatory pleading”
• considering a challenge to a short-form indictment that is materially indistinguishable from that used in Allen’s case
• “the Fifth Amendment requirement of indictment by grand jury does not apply to the states”
• where this Court, in a well-reasoned opinion, considered a challenge to a short-form indictment that is materially indistinguish- able from the indictment in Allen's case
• petitioner claimed indictment insufficient because it lacked some elements of the offense charged

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