
    STATE of North Carolina v. Howard Earl BATES
    No. 324P18
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    December 5, 2018
    James R. Parish, Attorney at Law, Fayetteville, Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., Attorney at Law, Southern Pines, for Bates, Howard Earl.
    Sandra Wallace-Smith, Special Deputy Attorney General, Ted Bell, District Attorney, for State of North Carolina.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 25th of September 2018 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 5th of December 2018."

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendant on the 25th of September 2018 in this matter for a writ of certiorari to review the order of the Superior Court, Rutherford County, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the Superior Court of that County:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 5th of December 2018."  