Legal Opinion

State v. Oakley

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided February 3, 1987No. 8622SC426Published

1Opinion of the Court

COZORT, Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether a trial court can impose a more severe sentence at a resentencing hearing after an appeal than that sentence originally agreed to by the *274State, the defendant, and the court in a plea arrangement made when the case first came to trial. We affirm the trial court’s imposition of a more severe sentence.

The three issues raised by the defendant on appeal are: (1) that the imposition of the more severe sentence violated the constitutional guarantees against double jeopardy; (2) that the imposition of the more severe sentence was improper…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. OakleyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985
  2. State v. MooreCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1983

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