Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 20th of June 2018 by Defendant in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Ex mero motu, treated as Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 20th of September 2018."