State v. Zimmerman

TYSON, Judge.

Timothy George Zimmerman ("Defendant") argues the trial court failed to provide him with notice and an opportunity to be heard with regard to the amount of the court-appointed attorney's fee assessed against him. We agree. The civil judgments entered by the court pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 7A-455(b), -455.1(a) (2017), are vacated. We remand for further proceedings.

I. Background

On 28 March 2018, Defendant pled no contest to discharging a firearm into occupied property, assault inflicting serious bodily injury, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a…