By North Carolina Judicial Branch
State v. Williams
defendant's indictment for attempted first degree murder was insufficient to confer jurisdiction because it failed to allege the essential element of malice aforethought; vacate defendant's conviction for first degree murder for lack of jurisdiction; trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to dismiss charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon because State introduced sufficient evidence to support the inference that defendant intended to permanently deprive property
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defendant's indictment for attempted first degree murder was insufficient to confer jurisdiction because it failed to allege the essential element of malice aforethought; vacate defendant's conviction for first degree murder for lack of jurisdiction; trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to dismiss charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon because State introduced sufficient evidence to support the inference that defendant intended to permanently deprive property