In State v. Perry, 305 N.C. 225, 287 S.E.2d 810 (1982), the Supreme Court of North Carolina held that a defendant may be indicted and tried on charges of both larceny and possession of the same property; however, he may be convicted of and sentenced for only one of those offenses. Id. at 237, 287 S.E.2d at 817. Although they are separate and distinct offenses, the "legislature did not intend to punish an individual for larceny of property and the possession of the same property which he stole." Id. at 235, 287 S.E.2d at 816.