IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 206A15
18 December 2015
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v.
KEITH A. LEAK
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. ___, 773 S.E.2d 340 (2015), reversing an order
denying defendant’s motion to suppress signed on 26 November 2013 nunc pro tunc
6 August 2013 by Judge Tanya T. Wallace, and vacating defendant’s guilty plea and
a judgment entered on 14 November 2013 by Judge Mark E. Klass, all in Superior
Court, Anson County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 17 November 2015.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz, Assistant Attorney General,
for the State-appellant.
Narendra K. Ghosh for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
We vacate the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand this case to that
court for further remand to the trial court for reconsideration of defendant’s motion
to suppress in light of Rodriguez v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015).
VACATED AND REMANDED.