State v. Williamson

ORDER

This case has come before this Court on the basis of a dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals in which both the majority and dissent address the significance of the trial court’s denial of defendant’s Motion for Appropriate Relief without entering a written order memorializing that decision. State v. Williamson, _ N.C. App. _, 698 S.E.2d 727 (2010). During the course of our review, it came to the attention of this Court that a written order actually was entered by the trial court on or about 29 June 2009 (copy attached to this Order), the existence of which apparently was not known…