State v. Sanders

BEASLEY, Justice. •

On 19 November 2009, a jury found Rondell Luvell Sanders (“defendant”) guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon. At sentencing, the trial court awarded sentencing points for defendant’s two prior Tennessee misdemeanor convictions, finding the Tennessee offenses of “theft of property” and “domestic assault” to be substan tially similar to North Carolina offenses. On appeal, the Court of Appeals remanded the case and instructed the trial court to consider the elements of the offenses, rather than their punishments, when determining substantial similarity. State v. Sanders,…