Case Name: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CECIL THOMAS OWENS
Court: North Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1970-11-18
Citations: 9 N.C. App. 727
Docket Number: No. 7030SC503
Parties: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CECIL THOMAS OWENS
Judges: Judges Parker and Hedrick concur.
Reporter: North Carolina Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 727–728

Head Matter:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CECIL THOMAS OWENS
No. 7030SC503
(Filed 18 November 1970)
Criminal Law § 143— activation of suspended sentence — subsequent offenses
No error appears on the face of the record in this appeal from an order activating defendant’s suspended sentence for driving while his license was revoked on the basis of defendant’s convictions of the subsequent offenses of driving while his license was revoked and public drunkenness.
Appeal by defendant from Thornburg, Special Swperior Court Judge, 3 March 1970 Session of Superior Court held in. Swain County.
Attorney General Robert Morgan and Assistant Attorney General Harris for the State.
George P. Davis, Jr., for defendant appellant.

Opinion:
MALLARD, Chief Judge.
On 16 May 1968 the defendant, after pleading guilty to driving after his license was revoked, was sentenced to a prison term of eighteen to twenty-four months. The execution of the prison sentence was suspended, and the defendant was placed on probation for a period of five years. One of the terms upon which the sentence was suspended was that the defendant " (v) iolate no penal law of any state or the Federal Government and be of general good behavior."
The evidence for the State tended to show, the court found as a fact, and the defendant testified and did not deny that the defendant had willfully violated the terms and conditions of the probation judgment, in that: On 6 October 1968 the defendant committed the offense of driving while license revoked (fourth offense) and' on 16 December 1968 was found guilty as charged; and that on 20 October 1969, in Highlands, North Carolina, the defendant committed the offense of public drunkenness, entered a plea of guilty, and was ordered to pay the costs. Based upon such findings, the court ordered that commitment issue and defendant be required to serve the sentence imposed.
The only assignment of error presented by this appeal is to the entry of the judgment. No prejudicial error is made to appear on the face of this record. The judgment of the superior court is affirmed.
Affirmed.
Judges Parker and Hedrick concur.