State v. Singleton

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 318PA22 Filed 23 May 2024 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLES SINGLETON On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals,

285 N.C. App. 630

(2022), holding that the indictment charging defendant with second-degree forcible rape failed to confer jurisdiction upon the trial court and vacating the portion of the judgment convicting defendant of this crime entered on 5 August 2021 by Judge Jeffery B. Foster in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 19 September 2023. Joshua H. Stein,…