IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 24A18 Filed 1 February 2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JERRY GIOVANI THOMPSON

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. ___, 809 S.E.2d 340 (2018), vacating and remanding a judgment entered on 3 January 2017 by Judge William R. Bell in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 2 October 2018.

Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz, Special Deputy Attorney General, and Robert T. Broughton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Erik R. Zimmerman and Travis S. Hinman for defendant-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The decision of the Court of Appeals is vacated and this case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for reconsideration in light of our decision in State v. Wilson, ___ N.C. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (Dec. 21, 2018) (No. 295PA17).

VACATED AND REMANDED.

Justice EARLS did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.