STATE v. HOLLEY

No. 131A88.

388 S.E.2d 110 (1990)

326 N.C. 259

STATE of North Carolina v. Edward Luther HOLLEY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., by Debra C. Graves, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Mark D. Montgomery, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant was tried and convicted on a proper bill of indictment charging him with one count of first-degree sexual offense. The trial court entered a sentence of life in prison for that offense. On appeal the defendant contends that the trial court's jury instructions were defective and that the sentence of life for a sexual crime is cruel and unusual punishment. We do not agree.

At trial the State's evidence tended to show that during...

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