State v. Hurst

359 S.E.2d 776 (1987)

320 N.C. 589

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Charles Alfred HURST.

No. 513PA86.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 3, 1987.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Newton G. Pritchett, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

James R. Parish, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellee.

WEBB, Justice.

We have allowed discretionary review to determine whether the defendant in this case may be convicted and sentenced for both armed robbery and felonious larceny when both charges are based on the same incident. The Court of Appeals held the defendant could not be so convicted and arrested…