
    STATE of North Carolina v. John Arthur STROUD
    No. 185P17
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    August 17, 2017
    Anne Bleyman, Attorney at Law, for Stroud, John Arthur
    Ann W. Matthews, Special Deputy Attorney General, R. Andrew Murray, District Attorney, for State of North Carolina
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the notice of appeal from the North Carolina Court of Appeals, filed by the Defendant on the 6th of June 2017 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-30, and the motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of substantial constitutional question filed by the Defendant, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the motion to dismiss the appeal is

"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 17th of August 2017."

Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 6th of June 2017 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 17th of August 2017."  