STATE v. JONES

No. 823SC376.

297 S.E.2d 132 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Johnny J. JONES, Sr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. David S. Crump, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Lorinzo L. Joyner, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant first attacks his sentence on the ground that the trial judge relied upon the same evidence to prove a fact in aggravation which was necessary to prove an element of the offense in violation of G.S. 15A-1340.4. We agree.

The offense that defendant pled no contest to was attempting to burn an uninhabited dwelling in violation of G.S. 14-67. Thus, that the structure was uninhabited and was a dwelling when defendant tried to burn it were...

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