In State v. Stonestreet, 243 N.C. 28, 31, 89 S.E.2d 734, 737 (1955), the Supreme Court of North Carolina held that when two or more charges are consolidated for the purpose of a single judgment, "even though the plea of guilty or conviction on one is sufficient to support the judgment and the trial thereon is free from error, the award of a new trial on the other indictment(s) or count(s) requires that the cause be remanded for proper judgment on the valid count. Presumably this (the single judgment) was based upon consideration of guilt on both charges." 243 N.C. at 31, 89 S.E.2d at 737.