State v. Reavis

HEDRICK, Judge.

■ Defendant first assigns as error the denial of his motion to quash the bill of indictment. A motion to quash, inter alia, challenges the sufficiency of the bill of indictment to charge an offense. State v. Mayo, 267 N.C. 415, 148 S.E. 2d 257; State v. Faulkner, 241 N.C. 609, 86 S.E. 2d 81. The requirements for a sufficient bill of indictment are as follows: (1) The offense is charged in a plain, intelligible, and explicit manner; (2) The offense is charged properly so as to avoid the possibility of double jeopardy; and (3) There is such certainty in the statement of the…