STATE v. STEWART

No. 6911SC150.

166 S.E.2d 458 (1969)

4 N.C. App. 249

STATE of North Carolina v. Leo STEWART, Jr., Percival Barfield, Debois Scotty Gathers, Frederick Donnell Lockamy and Jesse Jones.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Staff Atty. Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Chambers, Stein, Ferguson & Lanning, by James E. Lanning, Charlotte, for defendant appellants.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

The defendants present two questions for decision: (1) Is G.S. § 14-62, which prohibits any person from wantonly and willfully setting fire to churches and certain other buildings, unconstitutional as violative of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States? (2) Is the imposition of a sentence of twelve years in prison cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United...

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