Title: State v. Caple
Citation: 362 N.C. 232
Docket Number: 437A05-2
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: March 7, 2008

Supreme Court
Slip Opinion
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. EDDIE CAPLE
No. 437A05-2
FILED: 7 MARCH 2008
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of
a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 185 N.C. App. ___, 650
S.E.2d 8 (2007), which, upon defendant’s appeal from a judgment
entered on 7 January 2004 by Judge B. Craig Ellis in Superior
Court, Robeson County, remanded the case to the trial court for
resentencing after being ordered by this Court to reconsider in
light of State v. Blackwell, 361 N.C. 41, 638 S.E.2d 452 (2006),
cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S. Ct. 2281, 167 L. Ed. 2d 1114
(2007), its previous decision to remand for resentencing.  Heard
in the Supreme Court 13 February 2008.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz, Assistant
Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
Paul F. Herzog for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Justice HUDSON took no part in the consideration or decision
of this case.  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 precedential value.  See, e.g.,
Barham v. Hawk, 360 N.C. 358, 625 S.E.2d 778 (2006).
AFFIRMED.