State v. Crump

In State v. Crump, 178 N.C. App. 717, 722, 632 S.E.2d 233, 235 (2006), the Court rejected precisely the same argument Defendant makes in the instant case, holding that the use of a single prior felony conviction as an underlying conviction for a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon and for having attained habitual felon status does not constitute double jeopardy, explaining that "the mere reliance on the 1998 conviction to establish that defendant was a recidivist for sentencing purposes does not implicate double jeopardy concerns." Id. at 722, 632 S.E.2d at 235.