State v. Hopkins

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

The defendant’s initial contention is that it was improper for him to have been convicted under the felony false pretense statute, G.S. 14-100, when the misdemeanor offense of passing worthless checks, G.S. 14-106 and 14-107, was allegedly applicable. We disagree.

In State v. Freeman, 308 N.C. 502, 302 S.E. 2d 779 (1983), our Supreme Court expressly rejected this defendant’s position on remarkably similar facts. In that case, the Court affirmed Freeman’s conviction under G.S. 14-100 for aiding and abetting in the false representation that one Harry Gaston was an employee of…