Case Name: STATE v. KING SOLOMON STOVALL
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1939-01-04
Citations: 214 N.C. 695
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. KING SOLOMON STOVALL.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 214
Pages: 695–696

Head Matter:
STATE v. KING SOLOMON STOVALL.
(Filed 4 January, 1939.)
Criminal Law § 80—
When defendant convicted of a capital crime fails to make out and serve his statement of case on appeal within the time allowed, the motion of the Attorney-General to docket and dismiss under Rule 17 will be allowed, and the judgment affirmed when the record is free from apparent error.
Appeal by defendant from Spears, J., at July Term, 1938, of GRANVILLE.
Criminal prosecution tried upon indictment charging the defendant with the murder of one R. T. Moore.
Verdict: Guilty of murder in the first degree.
Judgment: Death by asphyxiation.
Defendant appeals.
Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorneys-General Bruton and Wetiach for the State.

Opinion:
Stacy, C. J.
At the July Term, 1938, Granville Superior Court, the defendant herein, King Solomon Stovall, was tried upon indictment charging him with the murder of one R. T. Moore, which resulted in a conviction of murder in the first degree and sentence of death. From the judgment thus entered, the defendant gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court and was allowed until 30 September following to make out and serve his statement of case on appeal, and the solicitor was given until 1 November to prepare and file exceptions or countercase. The clerk certifies "that the said King Solomon Stovall has not filed in this oifiee any statement of his case on appeal, and I am informed by his counsel that he does not intend to do so," and the time for serving statement of case has expired. S. v. Watson, 208 N. C., 70, 179 S. E., 455; S. v. Brown, 206 N. C., 747, 175 S. E., 116. No bond was required, as the defendant was granted the privilege of appealing in forma pauperis. S. v. Stafford, 203 N. C., 601, 166 S. E., 734.
As the record is free from apparent error, the motion of the Attorney-General to docket and dismiss the appeal under Rule 17 will be allowed. S. v. Moore, 210 N. C., 686, 188 S. E., 421; S. c., ibid., 459, 187 S. E., 586.
Judgment affirmed; appeal dismissed.