Legal Opinion · Dissent

State v. Harless

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided August 19, 2003No. COA02-1147Published

1Dissent

Judge STEELMAN,

dissenting.

This is a case in which a felony guilty plea was taken in the District Court of Wilkes County pursuant to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-272. The appeal involves a handwritten probation revocation judgment that raises the question of whether the record on appeal was complete and in proper form. However, the sentence imposed of 4 to 5 months clearly shows that it was a felony judgment.

*81I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding that this court lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal of a felony probation revocation from the district court division.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Appeal From the Civil PenaltySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1989
  2. State v. HooperCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2003

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