State v. Sammartino

COZORT, Judge.

Defendants were charged with desecrating a grave site in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-149 (1993). On 21 September 1994, defendants pled guilty to the charges. Sentencing was continued until 4 October 1994. At the sentencing hearing, the prosecutor recited a factual basis for the pleas and read a statement made by a codefendant, Jason Torres, to a police officer. Torres said that on 26 July 1994 he and defendants were at his house drinking beer when defendant Gregory J. Sammartino decided that they should walk to Sharon Memorial Park. After walking around the cemetery,…