STATE v. GOODE

No. 7220SC606.

191 S.E.2d 241 (1972)

16 N.C. App. 188

STATE of North Carolina v. Joe Macelvis GOODE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan by Asst. Atty. Gen. R. S. Weathers for the State.

S. Craig Hopkins, Albemarle, for defendant appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant contends that the solicitor's announcement that a nolle prosequi was being entered in other cases may have resulted in the imposition of a more severe sentence than would have otherwise been imposed.

It has long been the accepted rule in North Carolina that within the limits of the sentence authorized by law, the character and the extent of the punishment imposed is within the discretion...

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