State v. Chase

JOHNSON, Judge.

Defendant Barbara Ann Chase was tried and convicted of gambling in Buncombe County District Court; defendant appealed to Buncombe County Superior Court. At the start of the proceedings in superior court, defendant moved for a dismissal claiming that the warrants which charged defendant with gambling were “fatally defective” and “failed to put defendant on proper notice.” The State argued that the warrants were sufficient; in the alternative, if the court ruled that the pleadings were insufficient, the State would file statements of charges pursuant to North Carolina General…