#### STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. GEORGE EARL GOODE, JR.

No. 10A94-2

(Filed 3 April 1998)

On writ of certiorari pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-32(b) to review an order entered 30 May 1997 by Stanback, J., in Superior Court, Johnston County, allowing defendant’s motion for discovery under N.C.G.S. § 15A-1415(f). Heard in the Supreme Court 16 December 1997.

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Barry S. McNeill, Special Deputy Attorney General, and R. Kendrick Cleveland, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Diane M. B. Savage and Leslie Lauferfor defendant-appellee.

Paul M. Green and Samuel L. Bridges on behalf of codefendant Eugene DeCastro, amicus curiae.

PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to this Court’s opinion in State v. Bates, 348 N.C. 29, 497 S.E.2d 276 (1998), the order of the trial court is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.