State v. Streath

WELLS, Judge.

The only criminal pleadings which appear in the record on appeal are warrants for defendant’s arrest. Each judgment in the record on appeal shows that defendant was convicted in superior court on misdemeanors. The record on appeal makes no reference to or otherwise discloses any proceedings in the district court.

The district court, with certain exceptions, has exclusive jurisdiction in the trial of misdemeanors, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-272 (1981). None of the exceptions allowing the superior court original jurisdiction apply in this case. See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-271 (1981).

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