STATE v. GIBSON

No. 333.

144 S.E.2d 402 (1965)

265 N.C. 487

STATE v. James Thomas GIBSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Staff Atty. Theodore C. Brown, Jr., for the State.

Charles W. Gordon, Jr., Newton, for defendant appellant.


PER CURIAM.

On appeal, defendant assigns as error (1) that the two-year sentence is excessive in that other prisoners charged with escape had received shorter sentences, and (2) that he is suffering "double punishment" because, in addition to the said two-year sentence, his said escape, under the rules and regulations of the Prison Department, caused him to lose "all the good time" credit he had earned on the sentence he was serving at the time of his escape. Obviously...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases