¶1The case of State v. Ralph Wayne Rankin, 284 N.C. 219, 200 S.E. 2d 182 (filed 14 November 1973), is controlling on all questions presented by this appeal. The facts concerning *77defendant and Ralph Wayne Rankin as participants in the larceny are identical, and there is no valid distinction in the application of the law to their cases.
¶2No error.