IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 170A24 Filed 23 May 2025 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. STEPHON DENARD MELTON

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) (2023) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 294 N.C. App. 91 (2024), finding no error after appeal from a judgment entered on 15 September 2022 by Judge Steve R. Warren in Superior Court, Forsyth County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 18 February 2025.

Jeff Jackson, Attorney General, by Marc D. Brunton, General Counsel Fellow, for the State-appellee.

Caryn Strickland for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.