State v. Carthens

LAKE, Justice.

Though the record contains no assignments of error, the appeal is, itself, an exception to the judgment and presents for our consideration the question of whether any error appears on the face of the record proper. State v. Elliott, 269 N.C. 683, 153 S.E. 2d 330; State v. Darnell, 266 N.C. 640, 146 S.E. 2d 800; State v. Sloan, 238 N.C. 672, 78 S.E. 2d 738. We find no such error. The indictments were proper in form, the verdicts were properly returned and they support the sentences imposed. See, State v. Waddell, 282 N.C. 431, 194 S.E. 2d 19; G.S. 14-87.

Notwithstanding the…