State v. Southern

Jul 3, 1985
24PA85
Reporters:
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Before:
Per Curiam
PER CURIAM.

The only question before us is ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‍whether the Court of Appeals was correct in determining that the trial court erred ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‍at sentencing by concluding that certain convictions in which prayer for judgment was ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‍continued and no fines or other conditions imposed constituted “prior convictions” under the ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‍Fair Sentencing Act, particularly N.C.G.S. § 15A-1340.4(a)(l)(o) and -1340.2(4). Believing that the Court of Appeals was correct, ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‍we conclude that its decision should be

Affirmed.