State v. Corley

BECTON, Judge.

I

This case presents an appeal from a sentence imposed at a resentencing hearing governed by the Fair Sentencing Act. The evidence presented at trial is recited in the earlier appeal of this matter, State v. Corley, 310 N.C. 40, 311 S.E. 2d 540 (1984), and we have incorporated into the body of this opinion only such facts as we find necessary to an understanding of the questions presented for our review.

The defendant was convicted of first degree murder, first degree kidnapping, and felony larceny. The jury recommended a life sentence for the murder, and the trial court…