IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 38A14
Filed 23 January 2015
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v.
JOSHUA ANDREW STEPP
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. ___, 753 S.E.2d 485 (2014), reversing a
judgment entered on 13 September 2011 by Judge W. Osmond Smith, III in
Superior Court, Wake County and ordering that defendant receive a new trial.
Heard in the Supreme Court on 12 January 2015.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Anne M. Middleton and Sherri Horner
Lawrence, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State-appellant.
Staples S. Hughes, Appellate Defender, by Barbara S. Blackman, Assistant
Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of
Appeals is reversed.
REVERSED.