Legal Opinion

State v. Goodwin

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided June 16, 2015No. COA15–151Published

1Opinion of the Court

BRYANT, Judge.

Where the trial court failed to make sufficient findings of fact to support an order requiring defendant to enroll in satellite-based monitoring, we must vacate and remand to the trial court for additional proceedings and findings of fact.

On 17 September 2014, defendant Clinton James Goodwin entered guilty pleas to two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child. The trial court entered judgments sentencing defendant to an active prison term of 17 to 30 months, to be followed by a suspended sentence of 19 to 32 months and 36 months of supervised probation. The court made a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. GreenCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2011
  2. State v. SprouseCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2011
  3. State v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2013
  4. State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2014

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