State v. Jones

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Our recitation of the facts is limited to those events deemed relevant to the issues before us on remand. Details regarding the underlying facts of this case can be found in State v. Jones, _N.C. App. _, 703 S.E.2d 772 (2010).

On 21 December 2010, this Court issued an opinion awarding defendant a new trial, finding that the trial court committed plain error when it admitted a State Bureau of Investigation (“SBI”) crime lab report into evidence without testimony by the analyst and allowed the arresting officer to testify that the substance seized pursuant to arrest was crack…