STATE v. LONG

No. 185A85.

340 S.E.2d 392 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. Reginald Dewayne LONG.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by T. Buie Costen, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Berrell F. Shrader, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant received sentences for first degree burglary and felonious assault that were greater than the presumptive terms. By his first assignment of error defendant argues that he was entitled to a finding by the trial judge of the mitigating factor that he voluntarily acknowledged his wrongdoing to a law enforcement officer at an early stage of the prosecution. We disagree.

Under the Fair Sentencing Act, the trial court must consider...

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