State v. Ledford

In order to sustain a conviction of this defendant for the offense of escape charged in the bill of indictment, the State must prove, among other things, from the evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt that at the time of the escape the defendant was in the lawful cusody of the State Department of Correction (G.S. 148-6) and was serving a sentence imposed upon a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or a conviction for a felony. State v. Cooper, 275 N.C. 283, 167 S.E. 2d 266 (1969); State v. Stallings, 267 N.C. 405, 148 S.E. 2d 252 (1966). A properly certified copy of the commitment is…