State v. Bissette

108 S.E.2d 858 (1959)

250 N.C. 514

STATE

v.

Z. R. BISSETTE.

No. 650.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 12, 1959.

Atty. Gen. Malcolm B. Seawell and Asst. Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton for the State.

Gwyn & Gwyn, Reidsville, and Robert A. Farris, Wilson, for defendant appellant.

RODMAN, Justice.

Art. I, sec. 12 of our Constitution requires a bill of indictment, unless waived, for all criminal actions originating in the Superior Court, and a valid bill is necessary to vest the court with authority to determine the question of guilt or innocence. State v. Helms, 247 N.C. 740, 102 S.E.2d 241, 243; State v.…