254 N.C. App. 186 - State v. Langley’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “be two dates listed for each prior felony conviction put forth in the habitual felon indictment-both the date the defendant committed the felony and the date the defendant was convicted of that same felony in the habitual felon indictment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Langley · State v. Forte

2. “[i]t would be an impermissible inference to read into the indictment that common law robbery took place on 8 October 2009 or 24 August 2011 because that is not what the grand jury found when it returned its bill of indictment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Langley · State v. Forte

3. “[o]n its face, the indictment did not provide the offense date for Conviction 2 or Conviction 3. Instead, for both of these convictions, the indictment alleged offense dates for robberies with a dangerous weapon, and then gave conviction dates for two counts of common law robbery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Langley