N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-153

Current through Session Law 2023-151

Section 15-153 - Bill or warrant not quashed for informality

Every criminal proceeding by warrant, indictment, information, or impeachment is sufficient in form for all intents and purposes if it express the charge against the defendant in a plain, intelligible, and explicit manner; and the same shall not be quashed, nor the judgment thereon stayed, by reason of any informality or refinement, if in the bill or proceeding, sufficient matter appears to enable the court to proceed to judgment.

37 Hen. VIII, c. 8; 1784, c. 210, s. 2, P.R; 1811, c. 809, P.R; R.C., c. 35, s. 14; Code, s. 1183; Rev., s. 3254; C.S., s. 4623.