STATE v. SMITH

No. 407PA04.

614 S.E.2d 279 (2005)

359 N.C. 618

STATE of North Carolina v. Preston SMITH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Kathleen U. Baldwin, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Staples S. Hughes, Appellate Defender, by Barbara S. Blackman, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.


EDMUNDS, Justice.

A defendant convicted of a criminal offense in district court may appeal as a matter of right to superior court for a trial de novo. See N.C.G.S. § 15A-1431(b) (2003). This case presents the issue of whether an unconfined defendant who appeals a conviction in which a sentence of probation was imposed as part of the judgment is on probation during the pendency of the appeal. Because N.C.G.S...

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