State v. Skinner

HUDSON, Judge.

On 3 October 1994, defendant Morris Skinner was indicted for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and for felonious breaking or entering and felonious larceny. The cases were tried at the 23 January 1995 criminal session of superior court in Bertie County. A jury convicted defendant on all three charges. In each case, the trial judge found one aggravating factor— that the victim was very old — and one mitigating factor — that the defendant had no prior criminal record. The trial judge sentenced defendant under the Fair Sentencing Act to the…