State v. Monroe

GREENE, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court’s order entered 21 March 1990 granting the defendant’s motion for appropriate relief.

The defendant was tried and convicted by a jury of robbery with a firearm at the 21 June 1989 Criminal Session of Robeson County Superior Court. The defendant gave notice of appeal on 26 June 1989. On 12 December 1989, the State filed a motion to dismiss the defendant’s appeal. On 19 December 1989, the defendant filed a motion for appropriate relief pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-1415 (1988) on the ground of newly discovered evidence. On 21 March 1990, the trial…