Title: State v. Hill

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court
Slip Opinion
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JOHNNY DWAYNE HILL
No. 416A07
FILED: 25 JANUARY 2008
Sexual Offenses–amendment of indictment–change of statute in
heading
The decision of the Court of Appeals in this case is
reversed for the reason stated in the dissenting opinion that
indictments for first-degree sexual offenses were not
substantially altered in violation of N.C.G.S. § 15A-923(e) when
the trial court permitted the State at the close of the evidence
to correct the heading of the indictments, which stated that the
offenses were in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-27.7A (the statutory
rape statute), to state that the offenses were in violation of
N.C.G.S. § 14-27.4. 
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of
a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 185 N.C. App. ___, 647
S.E.2d 475 (2007), vacating judgments entered 13 April 2006 by
Judge W. Erwin Spainhour in Superior Court, Davidson County. 
Heard in the Supreme Court 12 December 2007.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Anne M. Middleton,
Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
James R. Glover for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the
decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.
REVERSED.