State v. Washington

HEDEICK, Judge.

The record reveals that the defendant, an indigent, represented by the Public Defender, understandingly and voluntarily entered a plea of guilty to a bill of indictment, proper in form, charging him with the common law robbery of Cicero M. Kelly *442on 18 July 1970. An appeal is an exception to the judgment and presents the face of the record proper for review. State v. Gwyn, 7 N.C. App. 397, 172 S.E. 2d 105 (1970).

Therefore, we have carefully examined the record and find that the defendant understandingly and voluntarily pleaded guilty to a valid bill of indictment which will…