STATE v. WYNN

No. 37.

180 S.E.2d 135 (1971)

278 N.C. 513

STATE of North Carolina v. Sallie Jo WYNN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, and Asst. Attys. Gen. T. Buie Costen and William W. Melvin, for the State.

Roy H. Patton, Jr., Monroe, for defendant.


BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant contends that the trial judge erred in accepting her plea of guilty of manslaughter because it was not freely, voluntarily and understandingly made.

Defendant points to two portions of the record which relate to the trial judge's examination of her prior to his approval of her tendered plea of guilty of manslaughter.

The first exchange between the trial judge and defendant was as follows:

Q. Are you able to understand...

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