State v. Mayes

MEYER, Justice.

Defendant was convicted by a Cleveland County jury on two counts of disseminating obscene material in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-190.1. The trial judge consolidated the offenses for the purpose of judgment and sentenced defendant to a term of one year’s imprisonment, but suspended the sentence and placed defendant on supervised probation for five years. As a special condition of the probation, defendant was ordered to pay a $750.00 fine and to serve a six-month active prison term.

Defendant appealed his conviction to the Court of Appeals. The panel below, with one judge…