STATE v. BLACKMON

No. 146.

132 S.E.2d 880 (1963)

260 N.C. 352

STATE of North Carolina v. Robert James BLACKMON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton, Deputy Atty. Gen. Harry W. McGalliard, for the State.

Hollowell & Stott, Gastonia, for defendant appellant.


DENNY, Chief Justice.

The only question presented on this appeal is whether or not a sentence of not less than twenty years nor more than thirty years on a plea of guilty to the charge of unlawful possession of implements of housebreaking, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of Article I, Section 14, of the Constitution of North Carolina.

The appellant does not challenge the validity of the sentence imposed in Case No. 4866. Hence,...

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