State v. Reed

Supreme Court of North Carolina May 11, 2018

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 331A16

Filed 11 May 2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v. AMANDA GAYLE REED

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. ___, 789 S.E.2d 703 (2016), vacating defendant’s convictions after appeal from a judgment entered on 6 October 2014 by Judge Charles H. Henry in Superior Court, Onslow County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 17 April 2018.

Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz, Special Deputy

Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Mark R. Sigmon for defendant-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion.

REVERSED.

Reference

Status: Published
Syllabus: Whether the State presented sufficient evidence of misdemeanor child abuse and contributing to the neglect of a juvenile to survive defendant's motion to dismiss whether the trial court committed plain error in failing to intervene ex mero motu during the State's closing arguments because of the State's alleged misuse of properly admitted Rule 404(b) evidence.