State v. Mullinax

JACKSON, Judge.

On 8 February 2002, Corey Lee Mullinax (“defendant”) pled guilty to the second-degree murder of Rebecca Olivia Alexander. In the course of advising defendant about the consequences of his guilty plea, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, section 15A-1022(a), the trial court consulted with the prosecutor and defense counsel and informed them that he intended to sentence defendant as a prior record level II. Defendant thereafter entered his plea, affirmed that he was “in fact guilty,” and stipulated to the prosecutor’s summary of facts. The trial court then assigned…