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        "text": "Pee Ctjbiam.\nOn the face of the record there appears a fatal error which the Court will notice ex mero motu. State v. Dunston, 256 N.C. 203, 123 S.E. 2d 480. This case is controlled by State v. Muse, 219 N.C. 226, 13 S.E. 2d 229, in which the Court said:\n\u201cWhen a defendant in a criminal prosecution in the Superior Court enters a plea of not guilty he may not, without changing his plea, waive his constitutional right of trial by jury, S. v. Hill, 209 N.C. 53, 182 S.E. 716, the determinative facts cannot be referred to the decision of the court even by consent-they must be found by the jury. S. v. Allen, 166 N.C. 265, 80 S.E. 1075.\u201d Id. at 227, 13 S.E. 2d 229.\nAccord: State v. Harper, 235 N.C. 62, 69 S.E. 2d 161; State v. Horne, 234 N.C. 115, 66 S.E. 2d 665; State v. Holt, 90 N.C. 749.\nSince the guilt of defendant has not been established by a verdict, Sitterson v. Sitterson, 191 N.C. 319, 131 S.E. 641, the sentence imposed by the judge is a nullity. No trial has been had. The case is remanded to the Superior Court for a trial by jury as the law provides.\nError and remanded.",
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      "T. W. Bruton, Attorney General, James F. Bullock, Assistant Attorney General for the State.",
      "Roberts & Wooten for defendant appellant."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LESLIE COX.\n(Filed 22 September, 1965.)\nConstitutional Law \u00a7 29; Criminal Law \u00a7 189\u2014\nTbe Supreme Court will take notice ew mero motu of error in permitting defendant to waive a jury trial in a criminal prosecution in the Superior Court after plea of not guilty.\nAppeal by defendant from Cowper, J., May 1965 Mixed Session of Pitt.\nDefendant was tried and convicted in the County Court of Pitt County upon a warrant charging him with the unlawful possession, transportation, and possession for the purpose of sale of 39 gallons of nontaxpaid whiskey. From the judgment imposed he appealed to the Superior Court. When the case was called for trial, defendant, through counsel, entered a plea of not guilty; and, with the consent of the solicitor, waived a jury trial. Thereupon Judge Cowper heard the State\u2019s evidence' \u2014 the defendant offered none' \u2014 and rendered a verdict of \u201cguilty of transporting.\u201d From the prison sentence imposed defendant appeals, assigning as error the admission of certain evidence and the failure of the court to allow his motion for nonsuit.\nT. W. Bruton, Attorney General, James F. Bullock, Assistant Attorney General for the State.\nRoberts & Wooten for defendant appellant."
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