State v. Rutledge

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA19-32 Filed: 20 August 2019 Transylvania County, No. 18 CRS 72 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES ALLEN RUTLEDGE Appeal by defendant from judgment entered 14 August 2018 by Judge R. Gregory Horne in Transylvania County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 8 August 2019. Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Assistant Attorney General John Tillery, for the State. Jeffrey William Gillette for defendant-appellant. TYSON, Judge. James Allen Rutledge (“Defendant”) appeals from judgment entered after the trial court found him guilty of one…