State v. Mason

McGEE, Judge.

Defendant first contends the violent habitual felon statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 14-7.7 through 14-7.12 is unconstitutional on its face because it denies a defendant due process and equal protection, denies freedom from ex post facto laws, denies freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and denies a defendant freedom from double jeopardy. However, our Supreme Court has addressed these same issues in regard to the habitual felon statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 14-7.1 through 14-7.6, and determined that the General Assembly “acted within constitutionally permissible bounds in enacting…