State v. Price

COPELAND, Justice.

The defendant brings forward two assignments of error. We find no merit in either assignment.

The defendant first contends that the trial court erred in allowing the State to amend the bill of indictment for murder to allege the date of the offense rather than the date of death. The bill of indictment, as returned by the Johnston County grand jury on 21 February 1983, charged the defendant with the murder of Milton Ferrell on 5 February 1983, which was the date Ferrell died. At trial the district attorney moved to change the date to reflect the date the offense occurred,…