State v. Bennett

510 S.E.2d 698 (1999)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Douglas Berwin BENNETT.

No. COA98-266.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 2, 1999.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Special Deputy Attorney General J. Allen Jernigan, for the State.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr. by Assistant Appellate Defender Danielle M. Carman, Durham, for defendant-appellant.

WALKER, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of maliciously damaging occupied real property by using an incendiary device under N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-49.1 and was sentenced to an active term of 120 to 153 months. The State's evidence…