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        "text": "JACKSON, Judge.\nTony Lamont Frink (\u201cdefendant\u201d) pled guilty to attempted second degree rape pursuant to a plea agreement providing that he would receive an active prison sentence of ninety-four to 122 months. Upon defendant\u2019s concession that he had a Prior Record Level IV based on nine record points, the trial court accepted the plea and entered judgment consistent with the plea agreement. Defendant filed timely notice of appeal.\nThis is an Anders appeal in which defense counsel asks this Court to conduct its own review of the record for possible prejudicial error. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493, reh\u2019g denied, 388 U.S. 924, 87 S. Ct. 2094, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1377 (1967); State v. Kinch, 314 N.C. 99, 331 S.E.2d 665 (1985). Defense counsel has shown to the satisfaction of this Court that she has complied with the requirements of Anders and Kinch by advising defendant of his right to file written arguments with this Court and providing him with the documents necessary to do so. However, defendant has not filed any written arguments, and a reasonable time for him to have done so has passed.\nUnder our review pursuant to Anders and Kinch, \u201cwe must determine from a full examination of all the proceedings whether the appeal is wholly frivolous.\u201d State v. Hamby, 129 N.C. App. 366, 367-68, 499 S.E.2d 195, 195-96 (1998). In carrying out this duty, we will review the legal points appearing in the record, transcript, and briefs, not for the purpose of determining their merits (if any) but to determine whether they are wholly frivolous. Kinch, 314 N.C. at 102-03, 331 S.E.2d at 667.\nOur Supreme Court has stated that an indictment is fatally defective when the indictment fails on the face of the record to charge an essential element of the offense. State v. McGee, 175 N.C. App. 586, 623 S.E.2d 782, 784 (2006), citing State v. Bartley, 156 N.C. App. 490, 499, 677 S.E.2d 319, 324 (2003). Here, defendant was indicted for statutory rape of a person 13, 14, or 15 years of age. The indictment stated that defendant \u201cunlawfully, willfully and feloniously did engage in vaginal intercourse with [the victim], a person of the age of 13 years[.]\u201d However, defendant pled guilty to attempted second degree rape. The essential elements of attempted rape required the \u201cintent to commit the rape and an overt act done for that purpose which goes beyond mere preparation but falls short of the completed offense.\u201d State v. Freeman, 307 N.C. 445, 449, 298 S.E.2d 376, 379 (1983). In addition, the essential elements of second degree rape under N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 14-27.3 (2005) required:\n(a) the person [to engage] in vaginal intercourse with another person: (1) By force and against the will of the other person; or (2) Who is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know the other person is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.\nIn the present case, upon a full examination of all the proceedings, the indictment for statutory rape is insufficient to support a judgment on the offense of attempted second degree rape because although the indictment did allege that defendant engaged in vaginal intercourse, it did not allege that the intercourse was \u201cwith another person: (1) By force and against the will of the other person; or (2) Who is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know the other person is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.\u201d N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 14-27.3 (2005). The indictment fails on the face of the record because the indictment for statutory rape fails to charge essential elements of the offense of attempted second degree rape. Therefore, the indictment is fatally defective. We conclude that defendant\u2019s appeal is not wholly frivolous, and we must address this error.\nOur Supreme Court held in State v. Partlow, 272 N.C. 60, 63, 157 S.E.2d 688, 691 (1967), that notwithstanding the \u201cproper methods to raise the question of the sufficiency of a bill of indictment... if the offense is not sufficiently charged in the indictment, this Court, ex mero mo tu, will arrest the judgment.\u201d When an indictment is fatally defective, the trial court acquires no subject matter jurisdiction, and \u201cif it assumes jurisdiction a trial and conviction are a nullity.\u201d State v. Neville, 108 N.C. App. 330, 332, 423 S.E.2d 496, 497 (1992) (citation omitted). The issue of subject matter jurisdiction may be raised at any time, and may be raised for the first time on appeal. In re S.D.A., 170 N.C. App. 354, 357-58, 612 S.E.2d 362, 364 (2005); see State v. Felmet, 302 N.C. 173, 176, 273 S.E.2d 708, 711 (1981).\nAs previously stated, the indictment for statutory rape included in the record on appeal is insufficient to support a judgment on the offense of attempted second-degree rape. This Court may arrest defendant\u2019s judgment of attempted .second-degree rape because the offense is not sufficiently charged in the indictment. The trial court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to enter the judgment against defendant because the indictment was fatally defective. Therefore, the resultant conviction was a nullity.\nVacate.\nJudges WYNN and HUNTER concur.",
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. TONY LAMONT FRINK\nNo. COA05-439\n(Filed 4 April 2006)\nRape\u2014 indictment for statutory rape \u2014 attempted second-degree plea \u2014 fatally defective\nA conviction for attempted second-degree rape was a nullity where the indictment was for statutory rape, did not charge essential elements of the offense of attempted second-degree rape, and did not provide subject matter jurisdiction.\nAppeal by defendant from judgment entered 4 October 2004 by Judge Clarence E. Horton, Jr., in Harnett County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 7 February 2006.\nAttorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Wilks, for the State.\nMichelle FormyDuval Lynch, for defendant-appellant."
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