State v. Griffin

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where the State presented circumstantial evidence that defendant obtained property by false pretense, the trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence. Where the indictment for habitual felon was sufficient to provide defendant with notice of the offense charged, the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 15 January 2009 around 9:00 a.m., defendant went to Allied Roofing in Kernersville and asked the office manager, Kathryn Beckham, for a job application. 30 to 45 minutes after…