179 N.C. App. 710 - State v. Wallace’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “[t]he reasoning our Supreme Court set forth in Lawrence may be imputed to sexual offense charges because: (1) N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-144.2 (a) authorizes, for sexual offense, an abbreviated form of indictment which omits allegations of the particular elements that distinguish first-degree and second-degree sexual offense[;] and (2) if a defendant wishes additional information in the nature of the specific "sexual act" with which he stands charged, he may move for a bill of particulars.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 337 - State v. Johnson

2. “[w]hen ruling on a motion to dismiss, the trial court must decide whether there is substantial evidence (1) of each essential element of the offense charged, or of a lesser offense included therein, and (2) of defendant’s being the perpetrator of such offense. If so, the motion is properly denied. Evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the State, giving the State the benefit of all reasonable inferences.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 N.C. App. 406 - State v. Henderson