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  "name": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES D. MONROE",
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    "judges": [
      "Judges VAUGHN and MARTIN (Robert M.) concur."
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      "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES D. MONROE"
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        "text": "ARNOLD, Judge.\nDefendant\u2019s only assignment of error on appeal is that the superior court should not have assumed jurisdiction. Defendant contends the traffic citation and misdemeanor statement of charges were insufficient to confer jurisdiction when timely objection had been lodged.\nWith regard to the charge of driving under the influence, defendant claims his motion prior to trial obligated the prosecutor under G.S. 15A-922(c) to prepare a statement of charges. Had defendant filed his motion prior to his trial at district court, the statute would indeed have precluded his trial on the citation alone. This statutory right applies only to the court of original jurisdiction, however. The appellate jurisdiction of the superior court is derivative in nature. State v. Felmet, 302 N.C. 173, 273 S.E. 2d 708 (1981). Once jurisdiction had been established and defendant had been tried in district court, therefore, he was no longer in a position to assert his statutory right to object to trial on citation when he appealed to superior court.\nDefendant next argues that even a statement of charges was insufficient to confer jurisdiction with regard to the charge of driving while license was permanently revoked. Defendant contends that this charge is greater than that on which he was originally tried and argues that the prosecutor was without authority to increase the offense from that charged in district court.\nWhile defendant has correctly stated the general rule, G.S. 7A-271(b) sets forth an express exception where the conviction appealed from is the product of a plea agreement. Therefore, it is essential to this Court\u2019s consideration of defendant\u2019s argument that all available information bearing on the existence or nonexistence of a plea agreement be included in the record. Rule 9(b)(3), N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure. Defendant having failed to include such information \u2014or even to advance an informed opinion on the issue \u2014we are unable to consider this portion of his appeal. State v. Crews, 296 N.C. 607, 252 S.E. 2d 745 (1979).\nIn the trial of defendant, we find\nNo error.\nJudges VAUGHN and MARTIN (Robert M.) concur.",
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        "author": "ARNOLD, Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney General Edmisten, by Assistant Attorney General Sarah C. Young, for the State.",
      "Downing, David, Vallery and Maxwell, by Edward J. David, for defendant appellant."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES D. MONROE\nNo. 8112SC1201\n(Filed 1 June 1982)\n1. Criminal Law \u00a7 18.3\u2014 trial de novo in superior court \u2014 no right to object to trial on citation\nOnce jurisdiction had been established and defendant had been tried in district court, he was no longer in a position to assert his right under G.S. 15A-922(c) to object to the trial on a citation when he appealed to superior court for a trial de novo.\n2. Criminal Law \u00a7 18.2\u2014 appeal to superior court \u2014trial on original charge \u2014absence in record of information about plea bargain\nWhere the record shows that defendant was tried in district court on a citation charging \u201cdriving while license was permanently revoked\u201d and that he entered a plea of guilty after the prosecutor deleted the word \u201cpermanently\u201d from the charge, but the record contained no information as to the existence or nonexistence of a plea agreement, the appellate court cannot consider defendant\u2019s contention that the superior court had no jurisdiction to try him on the original charge of driving while his license was \u201cpermanently\u201d revoked. G.S. 7A-27KW.\nAPPEAL by defendant from Lee, Judge. Judgment entered 18 June 1981 in Superior Court, CUMBERLAND County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 27 April 1982.\nThis is a criminal action tried in superior court, de novo, on appeal from the district court. Defendant was tried in district court on a traffic citation for \u201cDriving Under the Influence\u201d and \u201cDriving While License Was Permanently Revoked.\u201d Defendant entered guilty pleas to both charges after the prosecutor apparently deleted the word \u201cpermanently\u201d from the second charge. He was convicted and given an active prison sentence. Defendant then appealed to superior court for trial de novo pursuant to G.S. 15A-1431.\nIn superior court, defendant moved to dismiss the traffic citation as well as a misdemeanor statement of charges prepared by the prosecutor with regard to the charge of driving while license was permanently revoked. These motions apparently were denied.\nDefendant was found guilty of reckless driving and driving while license was permanently revoked and was sentenced to one year in prison. Defendant appeals.\nAttorney General Edmisten, by Assistant Attorney General Sarah C. Young, for the State.\nDowning, David, Vallery and Maxwell, by Edward J. David, for defendant appellant."
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