Case Title: State v. Morton

Citation: 363 N.C. 737

Docket Number: 347A09

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 347A09
FILED: 11 DECEMBER 2009
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v.
KELCIE LEE ANDREW MORTON
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. ___, 679 S.E.2d 437 (2009), vacating judgments entered 25
April 2008 by Judge W. Osmond Smith, III in Superior Court,
Person County.  Heard in the Supreme Court 18 November 2009.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz,
Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
Mercedes O. Chut for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in Section I of the dissenting
opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.  The
case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for consideration of the
remaining issues.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.