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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7.2 (2026)

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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. (1967, c. 1241, s. 2; 1981, c. 179, s. 11.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1977–2018 · leading case: State v. Wells, 675 S.E.2d 85 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009).
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State v. Wells, 675 S.E.2d 85 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 10× “Defendant asserts, and the State agrees, that the trial court was required to sentence him as an habitual felon pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7.2 and 14-7.6. We agree.”
State v. Howell, 811 S.E.2d 570 (N.C. 2018). · cites it 6× “” N.C.G.S. § 14-7.2 (2017). In turn, a defendant punished as an habitual felon receives a sentence four classes higher than the principal felony for which the person was convicted.”
State v. Denning, 342 S.E.2d 855 (N.C. 1986). · cites it 3× “The North Carolina statute governing the sentencing of habitual offenders, N.C.G.S. §§ 14-7.2 to -7.5, requires that a jury consider a separate indictment charging that the defendant is an habitual felon.”
State v. Murphy, 666 S.E.2d 880 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 6× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7.2 (2007) provides for the punishment of habitual felons and reads, in pertinent part: 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…”
State v. Allen, 233 S.E.2d 585 (N.C. 1977). ““§ 14-7.2. Punishment. — When any person is charged by indictment with the commission of a felony .”
State v. Holloway, 720 S.E.2d 412 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 5× “1, he must, upon conviction, be sentenced and punished as an habitual felon____” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7.2 (2009) (emphasis added).”
State v. Bowens, 535 S.E.2d 870 (N.C. Ct. App. 2000). “'§ 14-7.2 (1999). The indictment charging a person as an habitual felon “shall be separate from the indictment charging him with the principal felony.”
State v. Boswell, 680 S.E.2d 901 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “1 allows convictions of felony offenses after 1967 to be used in determining habitual felon status.”
State v. Keyes, 286 S.E.2d 861 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). “§ 14-7.2. Punishment. —When any person is charged by indictment with the commission of a felony .”
State v. Sydnor, 782 S.E.2d 910 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “" N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-7.2 (2015). Habitual felon status "is not a crime in and of itself," State v.”
State v. Boomer, 607 S.E.2d 54 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “The implications of the court's improper judgment, as alleged by defendant, were the following: that the trial court was without jurisdiction to sentence defendant as an habitual felon pursuant to N.”
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