State v. Boyd ( 2013 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 358A12
FILED 13 JUNE 2013
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v.
BRYANT LAMONT BOYD
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. ___, 730 S.E.2d 193 (2012), on remand from
this Court, ___ N.C. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (2012), vacating defendant’s conviction for
second-degree kidnapping that resulted in part in a judgment entered on 14 April
2010 by Judge Abraham Penn Jones in Superior Court, Orange County, and
ordering a new trial on the charge of second-degree kidnapping. Heard in the
Supreme Court on 11 March 2013.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Robert C. Montgomery, Special Deputy
Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
Staples S. Hughes, Appellate Defender, by Andrew DeSimone, Assistant
Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed for the reasons stated in the
dissenting opinion, and this case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for
consideration of the remaining issues.
STATE V. BOYD
Opinion of the Court
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
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