State v. Hyman

ELMORE, Judge.

*312 Previously, a divided panel of this Court, --- N.C. App. ----, 797 S.E.2d 308 (2017) ( Hyman III ), held that the exculpatory-witness component of defendants' ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim was not procedurally barred from appellate review and that "defendant is entitled to relief under Strickland on [that component of his] claim" and, therefore, reversed the trial court's order denying defendant's motion for appropriate relief ("MAR"). Id. at ----, 797 S.E.2d at 322 . The majority thus declined to "address [defendant's] remaining arguments," id. , which included…