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.