State v. Manning

MEYER, Justice.

Defendant pled guilty to solicitation to commit murder, second-degree murder, and conspiracy to commit murder in violation of N.C.G.S. §§ 14-3,14-17, and 14-2.4(2) at the 6 September 1988 session of Superior Court, Pitt County, and prayer for judgment was continued. On 23 November 1988, the solicitation and conspiracy counts were consolidated for the purpose of judgment, and defendant was sentenced to a term of ten years for these offenses and a concurrent term of life imprisonment for murder. Defendant appealed, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court in part and…