MARTIN, Justice.
Defendant is presently serving a life sentence for the crime of second-degree murder. Addressing defendant's 2011 amended motion for appropriate relief for his 1994 conviction, the Superior Court, Nash County, modified defendant's life sentence by "retroactively appl[ying]" the Structured Sentencing Act. The sentencing for defendant's offense, however, is controlled exclusively by the Fair Sentencing Act. Because the trial court's order and judgment...
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