State v. Stinson

The Court of Appeals correct ly determined the issues brought forward in defendant’s brief. This case is distinguishable from State v. Isom, 65 N.C. App. 223, 309 S.E. 2d 283 (1983), relied on by Judge Becton in his dissenting opinion. In Isom the Court of Appeals concluded that it was improper for the trial judge to find as aggravating circumstances both that a defendant had a prior conviction punishable by more than sixty days’ confinement and that he had served a prior prison term for that conviction. In the instant case the period during which defendant’s sentence for a prior felony…