State v. Clemmons

ARNOLD, Judge.

In his first assignment of error, defendant contends the trial court erred in refusing to quash two of the three bills of indictment as being duplicitous of a single offense. We do not agree.

The first indictment charges defendant with solicitation of obstruction of justice in the case of State v. Friemark. “The gravamen of the offense of solicitation to commit a felony lies in counseling, enticing, or inducing another to commit a crime.” State v. Tyner, 50 N.C. App. 206, 207, 272 S.E.2d 626, 627 (1980), disc. review denied, 302 N.C. 633, 280 S.E.2d 451 (1981). Between 16 and 18…