State v. Varner
Supreme Court of North Carolina
State v. Varner
Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 115PA17
Filed 11 May 2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v. DEAN MICHAEL VARNER
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 796 S.E.2d 834 (2017), reversing and remanding a judgment entered on 14 January 2016 by Judge Thomas H. Lock in Superior Court, Lee County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 18 April 2018.
Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Kathleen N. Bolton, Assistant Attorney
General, and Anne M. Middleton, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the
State-appellant.
Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, by John F. Carella and Katherine Whitney
Dickinson-Schultz, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.
Reference
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- Whether the trial court erred in refusing defendant's request to give a jury instruction defining 'moderate punishment' at his trial for physically abusing his minor son.