State v. Claxton

HUNTER, JR., Robert N., Judge.

Ernesto Claxton (“Defendant”) appeals a final judgment entered after a jury convicted him of: (i) felonious breaking and entering; (ii) felonious larceny after breaking and entering; and (iii) felony possession of burglary tools. Defendant contends the trial court erred by: (i) sentencing him as a Level V offender despite inconsistencies in the *151records of his prior out-of-state convictions and (ii) determining two of the prior out-of-state convictions were “substantially similar” to North Carolina Class G felonies. Upon review, we affirm.

I. Facts & Procedural…