State v. . McCollum

This case comes to us upon an appeal by the State from a judgment rendered by the court below upon the petition of the defendant for the construction of the judgment heretofore entered in the cause. Tbe material facts are these. At June Term, 1938, the defendant McCollum pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter for the unlawful slaying of one Melton Fields. Tbe judgment entered by the judge presiding at that term provided that the prayer for judgment and sentence be continued, and that defendant be placed on probation for a period of five years, under the supervision of the North Carolina…