In Re Colson

GRAHAM, Judge.

Respondent made a motion in this Court in arrest of judgment on the grounds the petition was not signed nor verified as required by G.S. 7A-281.

The record which respondent’s counsel filed in this Court fails to show that the petition on which respondent was tried was signed or verified. However, upon motion of the State, a copy of the original petition, duly certified by the clerk as a “true copy of the original on file in this office,” was ordered reproduced as an addendum to the record. This copy plainly shows that the original petition was signed and verified as required by…