Case Title: State v. Lovelace

Citation: 157 S.E.2d 81, 271 N.C. 593

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State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 1967-10-11T00:00:00Z

Document:
157 S.E.2d 81 (1967) 271 N.C. 593 STATE of North Carolina v. Robert LOVELACE. No. 170. Supreme Court of North Carolina. October 11, 1967. Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen. Wm. W. Melvin, and Staff Atty. T. B. Costen, Raleigh, for the State. Henry B. Edwards, Shelby, for defendant. PER CURIAM. Defendant's sole assignment of error was that the sentences imposed by the court were excessive. He argues in his brief that they constituted cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of Article I, § 14, of the North Carolina Constitution. The court could have sentenced defendant to imprisonment for forty years. The sentences are well within the statutory limit and no error appears on the face of the record. No error.