Supreme Court of North Carolina December 21, 2000, 347A99 (State v. Jones)

ORR, Justice.

Defendant was indicted on 21 October 1996 for the first-degree murders of Julie Marie Hansen and Maia C. Witzl. Defendant was simultaneously indicted for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury (AWDWISI) on Aline J. Iodice, Melinda P. Warren, and Margaret F. Penney. The State later reduced the charge related to Penney to assault with a deadly weapon (AWDW).