State v. Pavone

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant brings forward eight assignments of error for our review. She does not address her first, fourth and sixth assignments in her brief, and they are therefore deemed abandoned. N.C.R. App. P., Rule 28. In her remaining assignments, defendant contends that the trial court erred in (1) relying on an improper and unconstitutional factor when imposing her sentence; (2) acting under a misapprehension of law when sentencing her; (3) failing to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of simple possession; (4), instructing the jury peremptorily on an element of the…