#### STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. BUDDY LEE LOCKLEAR

No. 504A03

(Filed 7 October 2004)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 159 N.C. App. 588, 583 S.E.2d 726 (2003), finding no error in the judgments entered 9 May 2002 by Judge Jay D. Hockenbury in Superior Court, Onslow County. Heard in the Supreme Court 13 September 2004.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Patricia A. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Duncan B. McCormick for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.