State v. Bowden

The challenge to the bill of indictment is not sustained. An indictment is sufficient if it charges all essential elements of the offense with sufficient particularity to apprise the defendant of the specific accusations against him and (1) will enable him to prepare his defense and (2) will protect him against another prosecution for that same offense. The indictment in this case sufficiently charges all essential elements of rape. G.S. 15-153; State v. Courtney, 248 N.C. 447, 103 S.E. 2d 861; State v. Gibbs, 234 N.C. 259, 66 S.E. 2d 883; State v. Morgan, 226 N.C. 414, 38 S.E. 2d 166; State…