State v. Clonts

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 222A17 Filed 8 June 2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SAM BABB CLONTS, III 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. ___,

802 S.E.2d 531

(2017), granting defendant a new trial after appeal from a judgment entered on 19 June 2015 and from orders entered on 29 February and 24 March 2016, all by Judge Jeffrey P. Hunt in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. On 7 December 2017, the Supreme Court allowed the State’s petition for discretionary review as to additional issues. Heard in the…