State v. Arrington

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 280A17 Filed 26 October 2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES EDWARD ARRINGTON Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___,

803 S.E.2d 845

(2017), vacating a judgment entered on 14 September 2015 by Judge Alan Z. Thornburg in Superior Court, Buncombe County, setting aside defendant’s plea agreement, and remanding the case for further proceedings. Heard in the Supreme Court on 14 March 2018. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Tracy Nayer, Assistant Attorney General, for the…