State v. Sneed

WYNN, Judge.

Defendant, Corey Tyrone Sneed, argues on appeal that the trial court erroneously failed to dismiss the charges of possession of a firearm by a felon indictment and being an habitual felon because both charges were supported by his prior convictions for possession of cocaine, which are statutorily defined as misdemeanors. For reasons given in this Court’s recent opinion in State v. Jones, 161 N.C. App. 60, -S.E.2d — (2003), we are compelled to agree with Defendant.

The underlying facts tend to show that on the morning of 3 March 2002, a police officer observed Defendant make a…