State v. China

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 95A17 Filed 6 April 2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. NATHANIEL MALONE CHINA Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___,

797 S.E.2d 324

(2017), finding no error in part and vacating and remanding in part judgments entered on 5 February 2016 by Judge Henry W. Hight, Jr. in Superior Court, Durham County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 12 December 2017. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Grady L. Balentine, Jr., Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant. Richard…