State v. Wilson

PARKER, Judge.

Defendant’s sole contention in this appeal is that a variance between the language of the indictment and the trial judge’s charge to the jury constituted reversible error.

The North Carolina statute prohibiting the taking of indecent liberties with children provides:(a) A person is guilty of taking indecent liberties with children if, being 16 years of age or more and at least five years older than the child in question, he either:(1) Willfully takes or attempts to take any immoral, improper, or indecent liberties with any child of either sex under the age of 16 years for the…