When any person is charged by indictment with the commission of a felony under the laws of the State of North Carolina and is also charged with being an habitual felon as defined in G.S. 14-7.1, he must, upon conviction, be sentenced and punished as an habitual felon, as in this Chapter provided, except in those cases where the death penalty or a life sentence is imposed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7.2
Punishment
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 246 N.C. App. 353 - State v. Sydnor (2016)
Most recently applied in 246 N.C. App. 353 - State v. Sydnor (March 2016)
1967, c. 1241, s. 2; 1981, c. 179, s. 11.
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