IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 320A13 FILED 7 MARCH 2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MASON JAMEL HOWARD

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. ___, 742 S.E.2d 858 (2013), dismissing defendant’s appeal from judgments entered on 8 February 2012 by Judge W. Erwin Spainhour in Superior Court, Cabarrus County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 19 February 2014.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Teresa M. Postell, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Bryan Gates for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.