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STATE v. LOVELACE

No. 170.

157 S.E.2d 81 (1967)

271 N.C. 593

STATE of North Carolina v. Robert LOVELACE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen. Wm. W. Melvin, and Staff Atty. T. B. Costen, Raleigh, for the State.

Henry B. Edwards, Shelby, for defendant.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant's sole assignment of error was that the sentences imposed by the court were excessive. He argues in his brief that they constituted cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of Article I, § 14, of the North Carolina Constitution.

"It is well established that a sentence which does not exceed the maximum prescribed by statute for the offense of which the defendant has been convicted or...

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