State v. Hanif

BRYANT, Judge.

Where we are unable to discern any meaningful distinction between State v. Ward, 364 N.C. 133, 694 S.E.2d 738 (2010), and the instant case, we are compelled to grant defendant a new trial.

On 26 September 2011, defendant was indicted on charges of selling and delivering a counterfeit controlled substance, namely tramadol hydrochloride, which defendant represented to be Vicodin, a Schedule III controlled substance.1 Each of the charges stemmed from events, which occurred on 3 August 2011. Detectives with the Winston-Salem Police Department, assigned to the Special Investigations…