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State v. White

Citations

  • 827 S.E.2d 80
  • 372 N.C. 248

Syllabus

Appeal from conviction for child sex offense whether the superseding short-form indictment charging defendant was facially defective because it did not refer to the alleged victim by name.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating the purpose of an indictment is to put the defendant on reasonable notice of the crime being charged so that he or she may prepare a defense against the acts that are alleged
  • “The sufficiency of an indictment is a question of law reviewed de novo.”
  • “The sufficiency of an indictment is a question of law reviewed de novo.”

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Judges: Beasley, Newby, Morgan

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