State v. Newborn

Summary

The Supreme Court of North Carolina held that a single indictment charging possession of a firearm by a felon together with related offenses is not fatally defective despite violating the mandatory separate‑indictment provision of N.C.G.S. § 14‑415.1(c), because the defect is a mere informality that does not affect the indictment’s substantive sufficiency; the Court reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated the trial‑court judgment.