IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 173A16 Filed 17 March 2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MORRIS LEAVETT STITH

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. ___, 787 S.E.2d 40 (2016), finding no error after appeal from a judgment entered on 24 September 2014 by Judge Claire V. Hill in Superior Court, Johnston County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 15 February 2017.

Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Charles G. Whitehead, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Kimberly P. Hoppin for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.