Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1980

State v. Holland

State v. Holland
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided December 12, 1980 · Britt
301 N.C. 526; 282 S.E.2d 229

State v. Holland

Opinion of the Court

Order

Defendant James Robert Holland’s petition for discretionary-review of the decision of the Court of Appeals (No. 7916SC1182, 48 N.C. App. 226, 275 S.E. 2d 572 (1980)) is allowed. On the authority of State v. Small, 301 N.C. 407, 272 S.E. 2d 128 (1980), defendant’s conviction and sentence for felonious possession of cocaine in Robeson County Case No. 78-CR-15550 is vacated and set aside; and the decision of the Court of Appeals insofar as it found no error in this case is reversed. The decision of the Court of Appeals finding no error in Robeson County Case No. 78-CR-15549, the conspiracy conviction, is affirmed.

By order of the Court in Conference this 2nd day of December, 1980.

Britt, J.

For the Court

The foregoing order is issued over my hand and the seal of the Supreme Court this 12 day of December, 1980.

John R. Morgan

Clerk of the Supreme Court of North Carolina

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