STATE v. CHAPMAN

No. 68SC222.

162 S.E.2d 142 (1968)

1 N.C. App. 622

STATE of North Carolina v. Roger Dale CHAPMAN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Wade Bruton, Atty. Gen., by Ralph Moody, Deputy Atty. Gen., for the state.

Robert H. Forbes, Gastonia, for defendant appellant.


BRITT, Judge.

Defendant's sole assignment of error is that the court erred in imposing an active sentence of two years in the breaking and entering case and an additional two years active sentence in the escape case. He contends that said sentences amount to cruel, unusual, and excessive punishment.

The assignment of error is without merit and is overruled. For many years, it has been held in this jurisdiction that a sentence within the statutory limits is...

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