State v. Swinney

155 S.E.2d 545 (1967)

271 N.C. 130

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Virginia Taylor SWINNEY.

No. 509.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 24, 1967.

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Staff Attorney, Raleigh, for the State.

Sanders, Walker & London, by Robert G. Sanders and Larry Thomas Black, Charlotte, for defendant appellant.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charge of involuntary manslaughter. While the plea is not a confession of guilt for all purposes, State v. Thomas, 236 N.C. 196, 72 S.E.2d 525, nevertheless it has the same effect insofar as…