State v. Riley

STEELMAN, Judge.

While the prosecutor improperly cross-examined defendant about pleading guilty to a lesser charge as part of a plea bargain, defendant failed to show that any error was prejudicial. While a portion of the prosecutor’s closing argument was improper, it did not rise to the level of denying defendant a fair trial. Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1351, the maximum period of special probation that could have been imposed was one-fourth of defendant’s maximum sentence. When the trial court makes no findings in support of its imposition of a term of probation that exceeds the…