State v. May

Defendant assigns as error the court’s action in changing the suspended sentences and imposing active sentences upon learning of defendant’s intention to appeal.

“In criminal cases the right of appeal by a convicted defendant from a final judgment is unlimited in the courts of North Carolina. This right of appeal is a substantial right. G.S. 15-180; S. v. Hodge, 267 N.C. 238, 147 S.E. 2d 881; S. v. Darnell, 266 N.C. 640, 146 S.E. 2d 800; S. v. Grundler, 251 N.C. 177, 111 S.E. 2d 1; S. v. Blades, 209 N.C. 56, 182 S.E. 714. In S. v. Calcutt, 219 N.C. 545, 15 S.E. 2d 9, we held that the execution…