State v. Hicks

JOHNSON, Judge.

I

Defendant, by his first Assignment of Error, argues that the allegations contained in the indictment returned against him were fatally insufficient to charge the alleged offenses. We disagree.

G.S. 15A-924(a)(5), prescribes the requirements for a criminal indictment, in pertinent part, as follows:(a) A criminal pleading must contain:

[[Image here]](5) A plain and concise factual statement in each count which, without allegations of an evidentiary nature, asserts facts supporting every element of a criminal offense and the defendant’s commission thereof with sufficient precision…