State v. Johnson

The case on appeal contains no assignments of error. The appeal itself constitutes an exception to the judgment and presents for review any error appearing on the face of the record. State v. Cox, 281 N.C. 131, 187 S.E. 2d 785 (1972); State v. Elliott, 269 N.C. 683, 153 S.E. 2d 330 (1967). In the absence of proper exception and assignment of error, the judgment must be sustained unless error appears on the face of the record *118proper. State v. Bumgarner, 283 N.C. 388, 196 S.E. 2d 210 (1973); State v. Higgs, 270 N.C. 111, 153 S.E. 2d 781 (1967); State v. Williams, 268 N.C. 295, 150 S.E. 2d 447…