State v. Pelham

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

PAUL EMMANUEL PELHAM, Defendant.

No. COA07-1024

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Filed August 5, 2008

This case not for publication

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Thomas H. Moore, for the State.

Geoffrey W. Hosford for defendant-appellant.

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Paul Emmanuel Pelham appeals from sentences in the aggravated range imposed following a resentencing hearing before a jury. Defendant argues that because his convictions predate legislation enacted to comply with Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403, 124 S. Ct. 2531…