State v. Moore

395 S.E.2d 124 (1990)

327 N.C. 378

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Lee Hamilton MOORE.

No. 502PA89.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 29, 1990.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Victor H.E. Morgan, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State appellant.

Robin L. Fornes, Greenville, for defendant appellee.

MITCHELL, Justice.

This case calls upon us to determine whether a defendant may be convicted under N.C.G.S. § 90-95(a)(1) for both the sale and the delivery of a controlled substance arising from one transaction. We conclude that a defendant may not be so convicted.

The evidence at trial tended to show…