State v. Downs

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

MORRIS DARNELL DOWNS

No. COA08-225

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Filed October 7, 2008

This case not for publication

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Assistant Attorney General David W. Boone, for the State.

Sue Genrich Berry, for defendant-appellant.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where the indictment was sufficient to put defendant on notice of the crimes being charged, the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss. Where defendant has failed to show that the trial court's denial of his motions for a continuance was erroneous, a new trial is not warranted.…