State v. Watson

INMAN, Judge.

*348 North Carolina law requires a sentencing criminal court to enter an order of commitment consistent with the judgment entered, and a defendant is entitled to entry of such order nunc pro tunc where no such order is entered. However, a commitment order entered nunc pro tunc may not vary the terms of the underlying judgment, including a requirement that the defendant serve his sentence in the custody of a state agency. Therefore, a defendant's sentence does not begin until he is actually remitted to the custody of the agency designated in and as required by the judgment.

Jamal M.…