Smith's Criminal Case Compendium
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State v. Sydnor, 246 N.C. App. 353 (Mar. 15, 2016)
The trial court erred when sentencing the defendant as a habitual felon by assigning prior record level points for an assault inflicting serious bodily injury conviction where that same offense was used to support the habitual misdemeanor assault conviction and establish the defendant’s status as a habitual felon. “Although defendant’s prior offense of assault inflicting serious bodily injury may be used to support convictions of habitual misdemeanor assault and habitual felon status, it may not also be used to determine defendant’s prior record level.”