Opinion
Heard in the Supreme Court 11 January 2011.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, --- N.C.App. ----, 697 S.E.2d 1 (2010), finding error in judgments entered on 22 August 2008 by Judge James F. Ammons, Jr. in Superior Court, Johnston County, and remanding for a new sentencing hearing.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Charles E. Reece, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
Staples S. Hughes, Appellate Defender, by David W. Andrews, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion.
REVERSED.