On the authority of this Court’s recent decisions in State v. Edmonds, 308 N.C. 362, 302 S.E. 2d 223 (1983) and State v. Nickerson, 308 N.C. 376, 302 S.E. 2d 221 (1983), the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. This cause is remanded to the Court of Appeals with directions to reinstate the appeal and to consider the merits of the case.

Reversed and remanded.