State v. Hicks

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 136PA22 Filed 1 September 2023 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. WENDY DAWN LAMB HICKS On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals,

283 N.C. App. 74

(2022), reversing a judgment entered on 12 December 2019 by Judge V. Bradford Long in Superior Court, Randolph County, and remanding for a new trial. Heard in the Supreme Court on 25 April 2023. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Michael T. Henry, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant. Marilyn G. Ozer for defendant-appellee. EARLS, Justice.…