Case Name: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ROY LEE DAVIDSON
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1997-02-10
Citations: 345 N.C. 496
Docket Number: No. 369A96
Parties: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ROY LEE DAVIDSON
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 345
Pages: 496–496

Head Matter:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ROY LEE DAVIDSON
No. 369A96
(Filed 10 February 1997)
Appeal by the State pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 123 N.C. App. 326, 473 S.E.2d 389 (1996), reversing the conviction of the defendant of second-degree murder, which conviction occurred on 7 June 1995 in Superior Court, Iredell County. Heard in the Supreme Court 11 December 1996.
Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Melissa Taylor, Associate Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
Lassiter & Lassiter, P.A., by T. Michael Lassiter, Jr. for defendant-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Judge Eagles. Remanded to the Court of Appeals for further remand to Superior Court, Iredell County, for the reinstatement of the judgment entered upon the defendant's conviction.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.