State v. Taylor

WYNN, Judge.

In this appeal, we are constrained to hold under North Carolina law, the trial court erred by entering three judgments on habitual felony status, and sentencing defendant consecutively upon that status alone. See State v. Patton, 342 N.C. 633, 466 S.E.2d 708 (1996). Accordingly, we vacate the judgments .entered by the trial court purporting to sentence defendant on obtaining the status of habitual felon.

The underlying facts on appeal show that on 23 March 2001, defendant pled guilty to ten counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, six counts of felonious breaking and…