State v. Ruff

MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

Defendant was indicted on 24 July 1995 for first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape. He was tried at the 12 February 1996 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Cleveland County. The jury found defendant guilty of both charges. On 20 February 1996, the trial court arrested judgment on the first-degree kidnapping conviction and entered judgment sentencing defendant for second-degree kidnapping. Defendant received a minimum sentence of thirty-two months’ imprisonment for the class E felony, which was then enhanced by sixty months pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-1340.16A,…