Opinion
No. 446A14.
09-25-2015
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Anne M. Middleton and Christina E. Simpson, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State-appellant. Paul F. Herzog, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellee.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Anne M. Middleton and Christina E. Simpson, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State-appellant.
Paul F. Herzog, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed as to the appealable issue of right, and judgment entered upon defendant's conviction for first-degree rape of a child in case number 11 CRS 55728 is reinstated. The remaining issues addressed by the Court of Appeals are not before this Court and that court's decision as to these matters remains undisturbed.
REVERSED.
Justice ERVIN took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
Opinion
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. ––––, 764 S.E.2d 230 (2014), finding no error in part and vacating in part judgments entered on 31 July 2013 by Judge Mark E. Powell in Superior Court, Henderson County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 1 September 2015.