Court Opinion

ID: 9809008
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 20:58:19.10322+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:23:44.588249
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*14Stacy, C. J.,
concurring: It may be doubted whether the evidence raises more than a suspicion, somewhat strong perhaps, of the defendant’s guilt, which under the decision in S. v. Carter, 204 N. C., 304, and cases there cited, would not be sufficient to carry the case to the jury. But as the attempted appeal is in forma pauperis and the affidavit omits to state “the application is in good faith,” the Court is without jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. S. v. Marlin, 172 N. C., 977, 90 S. E., 502.
The sufficiency of the affidavit may not be waived, as it is jurisdictional. Powell v. Moore, 204 N. C., 654; S. v. Stafford, 203 N. C., 601, 166 S. E., 734.
The defendant is not vitally interested in whether the judgment is affirmed or the appeal dismissed, as the result to him would be the same in either event. Rankin v. Oates, 183 N. C., 517, 112 S. E., 32.
BeoudeN, J., concurs.