State v. Brice

ERVIN, Justice.

**244 After defendant Sandra Meshell Brice was convicted of committing the felony of habitual misdemeanor larceny, a unanimous panel of the Court of Appeals vacated defendant's conviction and remanded this case to the trial court for the entry of a new judgment and resentencing based upon a misdemeanor larceny conviction on the grounds that the indictment returned against defendant in this case was fatally defective. We reverse the Court of Appeals' decision.

On 22 July 2013, the Catawba County grand jury returned a single-count bill of indictment purporting to charge defendant…