State v. Brichikov

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 2022-NCSC-140 No. 41A22 Filed 16 December 2022 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MARK BRICHIKOV Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 281 N.C. App. 408, 2022-NCCOA-33, vacating a judgment entered on 11 December 2019 by Judge Rebecca W. Holt in Superior Court, Wake County, and holding that defendant was entitled to a new trial. Heard in the Supreme Court on 5 October 2022. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Marc X. Sneed, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant. M. Gordon…