State v. Watkins

SHARP, Justice.

Defendant’s case on appeal and brief are signed “Jerry Douglas Watkins, Defendant in propria persona.” His appeal, taken after a plea of guilty, presents for review only the question whether error appears on the face of the record. State v. Caldwell, 269 N.C. 521, 153 S.E. 2d 34 (1967); State v. Newell, 268 N.C. 300, 150 S.E. 2d 405 (1966).

Defendant’s assignments which require discussion are that the trial court erred in accepting his plea of guilty to murder in the first degree, in accepting the verdict of the jury, and in imposing a life sentence upon him. He asserts (1) that…