State v. Mead

646 S.E.2d 597 (2007)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

James Allen MEAD.

No. COA06-1116.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 3, 2007.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Philip A. Lehman, for the State.

Cheshire, Parker, Schneider, Bryan & Vitale, by John Keating Wiles, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

To disturb a sentence imposed by a trial court, a defendant must show an "abuse of discretion, procedural conduct prejudicial to defendant, circumstances which manifest inherent unfairness and injustice, or conduct which offends the public sense of fair play."[1] Here,…