State v. Wimbish

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a 60-month enhancement of his first-degree burglary sentence imposed pursuant to section 15A-1340.16A of the North Carolina General Statutes (“section 15A-1340.16A”). *288Defendant is not entitled to an appeal as a matter of right1 and did not petition this Court to review his case by writ of certiorari. Nevertheless, we exercise our discretionary power and choose to consider defendant’s appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari “to prevent manifest injustice to” defendant. See N.C.R. App. P. 2 (2001). Accordingly, we reverse and remand the burglary…