State v. Mincey

Summary

The Court held that a defendant who pleads guilty to attaining habitual felon status does not have a statutory right to appeal a challenge to the factual basis for that plea under N.C.G.S. § 15A-1444(a2)(3). Because the Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to reach the merits after the defendant did not proceed through certiorari, the Court reversed and remanded. The Court declined to address the standard governing appellate review of a trial court’s factual-basis determination.