State v. Williams

MORRIS, Judge.

Defendant’s present counsel, recognizing that for several violations of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure, this appeal is subject to dismissal, has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking that we review the trial of defendant, because the obvious neglect of former counsel properly to perfect the appeal was due to no fault of this indigent defendant. We have allowed the petition and will treat defendant’s assignment of error on its merits.

*746By the one assignment of error brought forward, defendant contends that the court erred in overruling his objection to…