State v. Carr

BALEY, Judge.

Defendants contend that since the indictments named William Brad Crowell as the owner of the stolen car, while the evidence showed that it was registered in the name of “Crowell’s T.V.,” there was a fatal variance between indictment and proof. It is true that an indictment must correctly specify the owner of the stolen property. State v. Jessup, 279 N.C. 108, 181 S.E. 2d 594; State v. Law, 227 N.C. 103, 40 S.E. 2d 699; State v. Jenkins, 78 N.C. 478. But the person named in the indictment may be either the person having a “general interest” in the stolen property—that is, the…