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Sidney Lowe II is expected to be sentenced Tuesday morning in connection with two separate incidents last year, including a shooting at UNCG.

Lowe, 23, pleaded guilty this afternoon in Guilford County Superior Court to six counts each of robbery with a dangerous weapon and kidnapping, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and possession of ecstasy as part of a plea deal in connection with a series of events surrounding a March 16 home invasion.

He also entered an Alford plea on a charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and possession of a weapon on educational property in a March 24, 2007, shooting at UNCG. An Alford plea means he does not admit guilt but acknowledges the state has enough evidence to convict him.

Lowe is the son of North Carolina State men's basketball coach Sidney Lowe.

Lowe agreed to accept the state's plea deal on Sunday, his attorney Locke Clifford said. Court proceedings on the case began at 3 p.m. and at 5 p.m. officials anticipated that sentencing in the case would carry over into Tuesday morning.

A Cary psychiatrist testified for the defense that Lowe suffers from a dependency on marijuana and ecstasy.

Clifford would not say why Lowe had decided to accept the plea deal. He was originally charged with 20 counts in the two incidents.

A second man also pleaded guilty in court today regarding the two incidents.

Charges against Brian Martin, 20, include shooting a UNCG student over a marijuana deal while Lowe stayed in the car, according to Assistant District Attorney Stephen Cole.

According to arrest warrants, Lowe and Martin were trying to steal money and marijuana from Stephen Cobb inside Weil Hall. Police said Martin shot Cobb, who later was charged with several drug-related offenses.

The two men also were after drugs during the home invasion, victims told officials in revised statements that Cole read in court Monday.

Cobb's case is still pending. Martin's sentencing was delayed until next week because of a scheduling conflict with his attorney.

Read more in tomorrow's News & Record.

Contact Jennifer Fernandez at 373-7064 or at jennifer.fernandez@news-record.com