State v. Wright

G.S. 14-120 authorizes the court to punish for the offense of uttering a forged instrument (as defined) “by imprisonment in the county jail or State’s prison not less than four months nor more than ten years.” The punishment imposed, while near the maximum, nevertheless is within the limits fixed by the statute; hence the trial court did not impose a sentence in violation of the statutory limit. State v. Downey, 253 N.C. 348, 117 S.E. 2d 39; State v. Wilson, 218 N.C. 769, 12 S.E. 2d 654; State v. Woodlief, 172 N.C. 885, 90 S.E. 137.

The prosecuting witness actually lost $24.57. Her account of…