Case Name: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SETHY TONY SEAM
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2016-12-21
Citations: 369 N.C. 418
Docket Number: No. 82A14
Parties: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SETHY TONY SEAM
Judges: Justice ERVIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 369
Pages: 418–418

Head Matter:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SETHY TONY SEAM
No. 82A14
Filed 21 December 2016
On writ of certiorari to review an order on a motion for appropriate relief entered on 8 August 2013 by Judge Theodore S. Royster, Jr. in Superior Court, Davidson County. On 4 September 2013, the Court of Appeals allowed the State’s petition for writ of certiorari to review the order pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-32(c). On 11 March 2014, the Supreme Court on its own initiative certified the case for review prior to determination in the Court of Appeals. Following oral argument on 6 May 2014, the Court on 28 January 2016 ordered supplemental briefing. Heard in the Supreme Court on 12 October 2016.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Robert C. Montgomery, Senior Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, by Barbara S. Blackman and Kathryn L. VandenBerg, Assistant Appellate Defenders, for defendant-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in State v. Young, _ N.C. _, _ S.E.2d _ (Dec. 21, 2016) (No. 80A14), the trial court's order is affirmed, and this case is remanded for resentencing.
AFFIRMED; REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING.
Justice ERVIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.