State v. Dorton

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Tony Wayne Dorton appeals from a judgment of the superior court resentencing him pursuant to this Court’s decision in State v. Dorton, 172 N.C. App. 759, 617 S.E.2d 97 (hereinafter ‘Dorton I”), disc. review denied, 360 N.C. 69, 623 S.E.2d 775 (2005). In Dorton I, this Court found no error as to defendant’s trial, but remanded for resentencing in light of the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403, 124 S. Ct. 2531 (2004). Dorton I, 172 N.C. App. at 771, 617 S.E.2d at 105.

Two days after defendant was resentenced…