BRANCH v. STATE

No. 329.

153 S.E.2d 343 (1967)

269 N.C. 642

Edward W. BRANCH, Jr. v. STATE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Staff Atty. Theodore C. Brown, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Simpson & Simpson, Morganton, for defendant appellant.


LAKE, Justice.

Upon the pronouncement of sentence upon him at the conclusion of his trial on the charge of murder, the petitioner, through counsel then representing him, gave notice in open court of appeal to this Court. On the following day he withdrew this notice of appeal in writing signed by him. At the post conviction hearing, he testified that no officer coerced him into signing this or any other paper or asked him...

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