671 S.E.2d 527 (2008)
STATE of North Carolina
No. 353P08.
STATE of North Carolina
v.
James Howard SINK, Jr.
No. 353P08.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
December 11, 2008.Walter C. Holton, Jr., for Sink.
Barry H. Bloch, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Keith, District Attorney, for State of NC.
ORDER
Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 29th day of July 2008 by Defendant in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 11th day of December 2008."
Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendant on the 29th day of July 2008 in this matter for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
*528 "Dismissed as moot by order of the Court in conference, this the 11th day of December 2008."