STATE v. ROUSE

No. COA13-1104.

757 S.E.2d 690 (2014)

STATE of North Carolina v. Christopher Aaron ROUSE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General Charlene Richardson , for the State.

Irons & Irons, P.A., Greenville, by Ben G. Irons, II , for defendant-appellant.


ELMORE, Judge.

Christopher Aaron Rouse (defendant) appeals from two judgments entered after a resentencing hearing. Because the denial of defendant's right to counsel at resentencing constitutes structural error, we vacate the trial court's judgments and remand for further proceedings.

On 26 April 2011, defendant pled guilty to five counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor committed in November of 2009, and to attaining habitual felon status...

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