State v. Keyes
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, Chief Judge.
Defendant brings forward and argues twenty of his twenty-three assignments of error and combines them into fifteen arguments.
He first contends that the court committed reversible error in failing to quash the indictment and dismiss the habitual felon prosecution. Defendant takes the position that because the principal felony indictment did not refer to his alleged status as an habitual offender, the indictment alleging habitual offender status must be quashed and that prosecution dismissed. We disagree.
The Habitual Felons Act provides in pertinent part as follows:
§ 14-7.1.…
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