State v. Massey

Peb Curiam.

At the time defendant committed the offense charged in cases numbered 5657, 5659, and 5696, and at the time he was sentenced therefor, the violation of G.S. 20-105 was a misdemeanor for which no specific punishment was prescribed. Immediately following this section in Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina (1953), the annotation prepared by the publisher begins with this statement: “CROSS Refbrenoe. As to misdemeanors for which no specific punishment is prescribed, see § 14-3.” This allusion to G.S. 14-3 was erroneous; the reference should have been to G.S. 20-176…