State v. Carson

MITCHELL, Justice.

On 28 May 1985, the Grand Jury of McDowell County returned four true bills of indictment against the defendants. Each defendant was charged by one indictment for first degree rape and by one indictment captioned “SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL OFFENSE.” Superseding indictments charging each defendant with first degree sexual offense were returned later by the grand jury. The superseding indictments charged the defendants with the same acts for which they previously had been charged by the 28 May 1985 sexual offense indictments. The superseding indictment against Thomas Odell Carson,…