#### STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MASON ARNOLD

No. 30A02

(Filed 4 October 2002)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 147 N.C. App. 670, 557 S.E.2d 119 (2001), finding no error in a judgment entered 12 September 2000 by Jones (Paul L.), J., in Superior Court, Greene County. Heard in the Supreme Court 10 September 2002.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Floyd M. Lewis, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

William D. Spence for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.