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NO. COA12-565 NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS Filed: 5 February 2013 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLAYNE ANNETTE CRAWFORD Buncombe County No. 11 CRS 59107

1.

Sentencing -- convictions

prior

record

points

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federal

felony

The trial court did not err by finding that defendant had four prior record points and sentencing her at a prior record level II where defendant made no showing before the trial court that either of her two prior federal felony convictions were substantially similar to North Carolina misdemeanors. 2. Constitutional Law -- effective assistance sentencing -- prior federal felonies of counsel --

Defendant suffered no prejudice and no ineffective assistance of counsel where she contended that counsel was ineffective for failing to demonstrate that her prior federal convictions were substantially similar to North Carolina misdemeanors. The two offenses, N.C.G.S.

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