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STATE v. BETHEA

No. 272-I.

158 S.E.2d 591 (1968)

272 N.C. 521

STATE v. Chester BETHEA.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 12, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Harry W. McGalliard, Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.

T. O. Stennett, Charlotte, for defendant.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant's only assignment of error is that the sentences prescribed constituted "excessive, cruel and unreasonable punishment." This assignment cannot be sustained. The sentences were below the statutory maximum for the offenses to which defendant pled guilty. They therefore cannot be cruel and unusual in the constitutional sense. State v. Robinson, 271 N.C. 448, 156 S.E.2d 854. In Case...

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