State v. Brooks
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Judge.
On appeal defendant brings forward four assignments of error. He first contends the court erred in imposing consecutive sentences for the two counts of armed robbery in that the court was under the mistaken impression that the law required these sentences to run consecutively. In support of his argument defendant states that prior to sentencing he was asked the following by the trial court:
Do you understand that upon your plea, you could be imprisoned for a possible maximum sentence of one hundred six years, ten months —and that the mandatory minimum sentence is twenty-eight…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. SinclairSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- State v. FletcherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
- State v. PaitCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1986
- State v. CrainCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985
- State v. MedlinCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987
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- State v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2012