United States v. Morton B. Smith Co.

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• \A valid judgment is the only authority for the lawful imprisonment of a person and when the commitment fails to set forth the judgment correctly it is void and the judgment itself controls.\ (citing Swink , 243 N.C. 86 , 89 S.E.2d at 792 )

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