Court Opinion

ID: 8907355
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-27 02:00:45.068584+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:08:18.291743
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WELLS, Judge.
In his sole assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court erred in sentencing him to a term of imprisonment in excess of the statutory presumptive term. More particularly, defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to find as a mitigating factor that prior to arrest or at an early stage in the criminal process defendant voluntarily acknowledged wrongdoing in connection with the offense to a law enforcement officer, under the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.4(a)(2)l (1983).
From the record before us, it does not appear that defendant offered any evidence on this issue. The record of evidence we have indicates that the District Attorney stated to the court that defendant did make a statement to a law enforcement officer acknowledging his participating in the break-ins. The District Attorney’s statement does not, however, show when defendant made his confession. Under these circumstances, defendant has not carried his burden of showing this mitigating factor to be *456established. See State v. Winnex, 66 N.C. App. 280, 311 S.E. 2d 594 (1984).
The judgment of the trial court is
Affirmed.
Judges Arnold and Hill concur.