State v. Jones

119 S.E.2d 213 (1961)

254 N.C. 450

STATE

v.

Leroy JONES.

No. 505.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 12, 1961.

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Glenn L. Hooper, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Bryan & Bryan, Dunn, for defendant appellant.

WINBORNE, Chief Justice.

The indictment under which defendant is charged is framed in accord with the provisions of G.S. § 15-144.

This form of bill of indictment includes the charge of murder committed in the perpetration of a robbery, without a specific allegation or count to that effect. See State v. Smith, 223 N.C. 457, 27 S.E.2d 114.

The evidence offered upon…