State v. McCall

Defendant contends that the sentence imposed constitutes cruel and unusual punishment within the prohibitions of Article I, Section 14 of the Constitution of North Carolina.

The sentence imposed does not exceed the maximum prescribed by the applicable statute, so a¡s to violate defendant’s constitutional rights. State v. LePard, 270 N.C. 157, 153 S.E. 2d 875; G.S. 148-45. Neither does the additional loss of the “good' time” support defendant’s contention..“. . . The prison rules and regulations respecting rewards and privileges for good conduct (“good time”) are strictly administrative and not…