
    STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. BRYANT EDWARD WILLIAMS
    No. 396A01
    (Filed 7 March 2002)
    Appeal pursuant to N'.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 144 N.C. App. 526, 548 S.E.2d 802 (2001), reversing and remanding a judgment entered 9 July 1999 by Haigwood, J., in Superior Court, Halifax County. Heard in the Supreme Court 11 February 2002.
    
      Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by K.D. Sturgis, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
    
    
      Staples Hughes, Appellate Defender, by Constance E. Widenhouse, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendantappellee.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.  