Supreme Court of North Carolina· 10/26/2018

State v. Arrington

Citations

819 S.E.2d 329
371 N.C. 518

Syllabus

Appeal from sentence imposed in conjunction with a plea agreement whether the trial court erred in accepting defendant's stipulation to a previous second-degree murder conviction as a Class B1 offense application of State v. Sanders and State v. Wingate to determine whether the stipulation was to a question of fact or a question of law.

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explaining that at the time of the defendant's 1994 second-degree murder conviction, \all second-degree murders were classified at the same level for sentencing purposes\ (citation omitted)
explaining that once a defendant stipulated to a prior conviction's classification, a trial court need not \pursue further inquiry or make defendant recount the facts during the [sentencing] hearing\ (citation omitted)
explaining the Legislature's 2012 division of second-degree murder into two separate classifications for sentencing purposes
upholding the defendant's stipulation that his prior second-degree murder conviction constituted a Class B1 conviction, which was the higher of the two classifications
stating that trial courts are “presumed to know the law”
stating that trial courts are “presumed to know the law”

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Judges: Newby, Ervin

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