State v. Fowler

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 173PA17 Filed 7 December 2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MELVIN LEROY FOWLER On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___,

800 S.E.2d 724

(2017), finding reversible error in a judgment entered on 2 March 2016 by Judge A. Graham Shirley in Superior Court, Wake County, vacating defendant’s conviction, and granting him a new trial. Heard in the Supreme Court on 30 August 2018. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Christopher W. Brooks, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the…