Opinion
(Filed 9 June, 1937.)
Criminal Law § 80 —
Where defendant, convicted of a capital crime, fails to serve his case on appeal within the time allowed, and fails to request extension of time, his appeal will be dismissed on motion of the Attorney-General in the absence of error on the face of the record.
APPEAL by defendants from Rousseau, J., at February Term, 1937, of MECKLENBURG. Appeal dismissed.
Motion by the State to docket and dismiss the defendants' appeal.
The defendants were charged in the bill of indictment with the murder of one Clifford Fowler. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree as to both defendants, and thereupon sentence of death was pronounced. The defendants gave notice of appeal, but no case on appeal has been served within the time allowed by law, and no request has been made for extension of the time.
The Attorney-General moves to docket and dismiss the appeal. This motion must be allowed, but according to the usual rule of this Court in capital cases, we have examined the record to see if any error appears. In the record we find no error.
Appeal dismissed.