Legal Opinion

State v. Lofton

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 10, 2019No. 143PA18PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ERVIN, Justice.

*89 **216 The issue before the Court in this case is whether an indictment returned for the purpose of charging defendant Ramelle Milek Lofton with manufacturing marijuana is fatally defective because it fails to allege that defendant acted with an "intent to distribute." After careful consideration of the record in light of the applicable law, we reverse the Court of Appeals' decision to vacate defendant's manufacturing marijuana conviction and remand this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration of defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support that…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. State v. BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  2. State v. SturdivantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  3. State v. HuntSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2003
  4. State v. JerrettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  5. State v. CokerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. DawCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2021
  2. State v. DawCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2021

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