State v. Branche

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. CO22-768 Filed 7 November 2023 Carteret County, No. 18 CRS 53515 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LEWIS VICTOR BRANCHE, III Appeal by Defendant from judgment entered 5 April 2022 by Judge Joshua W. Willey, Jr., in Carteret County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 24 August 2023. Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Special Deputy Attorney General Robert C. Montgomery, for the State. Appellate Defender Glenn Gerding, by Assistant Appellate Defender Heidi Reiner, for Defendant. WOOD, Judge. Lewis Victor Branche, III (“Defendant”) admitted at…