Title: State v. Prince

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 
2021-NCSC-40 
No. 225A20 
Filed 16 April 2021 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 
v. 
ROBERT PRINCE 
 
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of 
the Court of Appeals, 843 S.E.2d 700 (N.C. Ct. App. 2020), vacating a judgment 
entered on 10 July 2018 by Judge Nathaniel J. Poovey in Superior Court, Gates 
County, and remanding for resentencing. Heard in the Supreme Court on 24 March 
2021. 
 
Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Terence Steed, Special Deputy Attorney 
General, for the State-appellant. 
 
Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, by Emily Holmes Davis, Assistant 
Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee. 
 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
¶ 1 
 
Justice BERGER did not participate in the consideration or decision of this 
case. As to the appeal of right based on the dissenting opinion, the remaining 
members of the Court are equally divided, with three members voting to affirm and 
three members voting to reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals. Accordingly, 
the decision of the Court of Appeals is left undisturbed and stands without 
STATE V. PRINCE 
2021-NCSC-40 
Opinion of the Court 
 
 
 
precedential value. See, e.g., Amward Homes, Inc. v. Town of Cary, 365 N.C. 305, 716 
S.E.2d 849 (2011); State v. Pastuer, 365 N.C. 287, 715 S.E.2d 850 (2011).  
AFFIRMED.