
    STATE of North Carolina v. Matthew Ray HOOKS.
    No. 374P15.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    Dec. 15, 2015.
    Kimberly P. Hoppin, for Hooks, Matthew Ray.
    Grady L. Balentine, Jr., Special Deputy Attorney General, for State of North Carolina.
    Roxann L. Vaneekhoven, District Attorney, for State of North Carolina.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 12th of November 2015 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:

"Dismissed by order of the Court in conference, this the 15th of December 2015."

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendant on the 12th of November 2015 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:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 15th of December 2015."  