State v. Cannon

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Defendants Cannon and Redmond both assign error to the “[t]rial court’s determination before trial and before the sentencing hearing of the sentence to be imposed upon defendants] in the event of a conviction, on the grounds that such determination was grossly improper and violated defendants’ right to due process under the North Carolina Constitution and N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1340.3, 1340.4.” The record indicates defendants’ attorneys and the prosecutor had discussed plea bargains, but that the defendants refused to bargain and insisted on pleading not guilty, whereupon…