State v. Stevens

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

The sole question for determination here is, Can' there ■be an appeal when a plea of guilty has been entered in the inferior .court?.. Many authorities hold that no appeal can ¡be taken and are based upon the principle that a judgment on á plea of guilty is in effect a judgment on confession upon which neither a writ of error nor an appeal can be predicated.

2 R. C. L. § 41, p. 60, says:

“As a general rule a judgment by confession is not reversible either by appeal or writ of error and in a criminal case a party cannot have a judgment properly…