State v. Foster

Defendant’s first assignment of error reads: “The court erred in imposing the maximum statutory sentence of two years upon the misdemeanor charge of larceny, thus depriving the defendant of the benefit of that time in which he was imprisoned in the State Prison from March 31, 1966 (date of commitment) to August 25, 1966, the date on which he was ordered by the court to be returned to the sheriff of Stanly County.” The record shows this: On 31 March 1966 the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Stanly County issued a commitment ordering the defendant to be committed to the State’s…