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19 N.C. App. 109

197 S.E.2d 891

State v. Rush

Court of Appeals of North Carolina · decided 1973-07-25

Relies on State v. Cameron

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Decided 1973-07-25

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*110 CAMPBELL, Judge.

¶1 The defendant was charged in the bill of indictment with a statutory offense. G.S. 90-95 (a) (1) makes it unlawful “[t]o manufacture, distribute or dispense or possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance listed in any schedule of this Article.” The offense charged in the bill of indictment was the unlawful distribution of a controlled subtance and it specifically set forth the person to whom the unlawful distribution was made. The instructions of the judge to the jury related to, and the verdict of the jury found the defendant guilty of, the offense of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. This was not the offense with which the defendant was charged in the bill of indictment. The two offenses, (1) the distribution, and- (2) the possession with intent to distribute, are separate offenses. State v. Cameron, 283 N.C. 191, 195 S.E. 2d 481 (1973).

¶2 The defendant has not been found guilty of the offense with which he was charged, and he was found guilty of an offense for which he was not charged. It therefore follows that the judgment imposed was1 incorrect.

¶3 Judgment arrested.

Judges Britt and Baley concur.
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