#### STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. STEVEN MURRAY GROVER, SR.

No. 198A01

(Filed 9 November 2001)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 142 N.C. App. 411, 543 S.E.2d 179 (2001), ordering a new trial of judgments entered 8 March 1999 by Spencer, J., in Superior Court, Granville County. Heard in the Supreme Court 18 October 2001.

Roy A. Cooper, Attorney General, by Celia Grasty Lata, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Thomas L. Currinfor defendant-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.