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      "STATE v. JOE BROWN."
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        "text": "Pee Ctjbiam.\nThere is nothing on tbe record before us to indicate any vagueness or irregularity by tbe grand jury in returning tbe bill of indictment as \u201cA True Bill.\u201d Moreover, where a defendant is charged with a felony and pleads guilty to a misdemeanor, bis motion in arrest' of judgment for defect in the indictment charging tbe felony cannot be sustained. Tbe sentence in such cases is based upon the defendant\u2019s voluntary plea and not upon tbe indictment for a felony. S. v. Ray, 212 N.C. 748, 194 S.E. 472; S. v. McKeon, 223 N.C. 404, 26 S.E. 2d 914.\nTbe judgment below is\nAffirmed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General McMullan, Assistant Attorney-General Bruton, and Robert L. Emanuel, Member of Staff, for the State."
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. JOE BROWN.\n(Filed 25 March, 1953.)\nCriminal Law \u00a7 56: Indictment and Warrant \u00a7 11 % \u2014\nWhere a defendant charged with a felony pleads guilty to a misdemeanor, his motion in arrest of judgment for defect in the indictment charging the felony cannot be sustained, since sentence in such case is based upon defendant\u2019s voluntary plea and not upon the indictment.\nAppeal by defendant from Sharp, Special Judge, September Term, 1952, of CRAVEN.\nCriminal prosecution upon a warrant issued out of Craven County Recorder\u2019s Court charging that on or about 1 May, 1952, the defendant committed an assault upon Beatrice Rhodes, a female, he being a man over eighteen years of age; that said assault was made with a deadly weapon, to wit: a knife, with intent to kill, and did inflict serious injury.\nThe defendant appeared in the Recorder\u2019s Court and through his counsel waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Superior Court.\nA bill of indictment was returned against the defendant at the September Term, 1952, of the Superior Court of Craven County, charging him with the same offense set out in the warrant. The bill was marked \u201cA True Bill\u201d and signed by the foreman of the grand jury. To this bill the defendant entered a plea of guilty to an assault on a female.\nThe defendant was sentenced for a period of twenty-four (24) months to be confined in the common jail of Craven County and assigned to work on the roads of the State under the supervision of the State Highway and Public Works Commission.\nTbe defendant moved in arrest of judgment on tbe ground that tbe bill of indictment is void on its face for failure to show clearly what action tbe grand jury took. Tbe motion was denied and tbe defendant excepted and appealed to tbis Court.\nAttorney-General McMullan, Assistant Attorney-General Bruton, and Robert L. Emanuel, Member of Staff, for the State."
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