State v. Phillips

BRITT, Judge.

The judgment from which defendant appeals was entered on 30 July 1974 but the record on appeal was not docketed in this court until 16 December 1974. Rule 5 of the Rules of Practice in the Court of Appeals of North Carolina requires that the record on appeal be docketed within 90 days after the date *110of the judgment appealed from, unless the trial tribunal, for good cause, extends the time for docketing for not more than 60 days.

In numerous cases we have held that an order of the trial tribunal extending the time to serve the case on appeal does not have the effect of extending…