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STATE v. FERRELL

No. 66.

265 S.E.2d 210 (1980)

300 N.C. 157

STATE of North Carolina v. Joseph FERRELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Elisha H. Bunting, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

H. Bruce Hulse, Jr., Goldsboro, for defendant.

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The threshold question presented for review in this case is whether a sentence of imprisonment for ten years to life is a sentence of "imprisonment for life" within the meaning of G.S. 7A-27(a) so as to create a direct appeal of right to this Court from the superior court. In dismissing the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals reasoned that a sentence of imprisonment of ten years to life was essentially a life sentence and therefore...

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