Case Name: STATE v. WALLACE M. PEGELOW, JR.
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1957-11-27
Citations: 247 N.C. 270
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. WALLACE M. PEGELOW, JR.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 270–270

Head Matter:
STATE v. WALLACE M. PEGELOW, JR.
(Filed 27 November, 1957)
Appeal by defendant from Olive, J., March Criminal Term 1957 of Guilford, Greensboro Division.
Criminal prosecution upon a bill of indictment charging the defendant with the commission of a crime against nature: a violation of G.S. 14-177.
Defendant entered a plea of Not Guilty. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
From a judgment of imprisonment the defendant appeals.
George B. Patton, Attorney General, and Ralph Moody, Assistant Attorney General for the State.
William É. Comer for defendant, appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The evidence offered by the State — the defendant offered none — is amply sufficient to carry the case to the jury. There is no need to soil the pages of our Reports with a recital of its sordid details. Indeed, the defendant makes no contention that the State should have been nonsuited.
Defendant's assignments of error as to the evidence and as to the charge of the court to the jury have been considered, and none are sufficient to justify a new trial.
In the bill of indictment the defendant's name is stated as Wallace Pegelow. The record is captioned S. v. Wallace M. Pegelow, Jr. The defendant's brief is captioned S. v. Wallace M. Pegelow, Jr. At the May Term 1957 of the Superior Court of Guilford County the defendant by his counsel of record here, Mr. William E. Comer, made a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, which the court denied for the reason that the case was pending in the Supreme Court on appeal, and therefore the Superior Court had no jurisdiction to entertain the motion. In this motion for a new trial, which was verified by the defendant, and signed by his attorney here, Mr. William E. Comer, the defendant's name is given as Wallace M. Pegelow, Jr. It is plain that Wallace Pegelow is the same person as Wallace M. Pegelow, Jr.
No error.