State v. Phillips

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 531PA13 Filed 19 December 2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES A. PHILLIPS, JR. On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___,

750 S.E.2d 43

(2013), reversing an order entered on 5 December 2012 by Judge Theodore S. Royster, Jr. in Superior Court, Stanly County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 9 September 2014. Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Kathleen N. Bolton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant. Arnold & Smith, PLLC, by Matthew R. Arnold and J. Bradley Smith,…