#### STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. BILL EDWARD HALL

No. 533A98

(Filed 9 April 1999)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 131 N.C. App. 427, 508 S.E.2d 8 (1998), finding no error in defendant’s trial and the judgments entered by Caviness, J., at the 8 September 1997 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Gaston County. Heard in the Supreme Court 10 March 1999.

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Joyce S. Rutledge, Associate Attorney General, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, by Anne M. Gomez, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.