State v. Mebane

LEWIS, Judge.

The first question on appeal is whether the defendant’s conviction and sentencing under the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act by the trial court violated the prohibition against double jeopardy contained in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and in the North Carolina Constitution, article I § 19. The second question on appeal is whether the trial court erred in ordering the forfeiture of the defendant’s vehicle pursuant to the Act.

The defendant was convicted and punished for committing the following crimes on 20 January 1989 in one drug related…