IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 31A13 FILED 4 OCTOBER 2013 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DARRYL HESTER

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. ___, 736 S.E.2d 571 (2012), dismissing defendant’s appeal from a judgment entered on 14 October 2011 by Judge Richard D. Boner in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court on September 2013.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Kathleen N. Bolton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Franklin E. Wells, Jr. for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.