IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 312A15 Filed 18 March 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLES DIONE WARREN

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. ___, 775 S.E.2d 362 (2015), affirming an order entered on 3 September 2014 and a judgment entered on 3 July 2014, both by Judge Richard T. Brown in Superior Court, Johnston County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 16 February 2016.

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

Bryan E. Gates, Jr. and John J. Korzen for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.