#### STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JOSEPH ALAN LAMBERT

From Mecklenburg County

No. 426P12

By order of the Court in Conference, this 12th day of December, 2012.

ORDER

Defendant’s petition for certiorari is allowed for the limited purpose of remanding this matter to the Court of Appeals for consideration of the merits of defendant’s appeal from the final judgment of the trial court.

s/Jackson. J.

For the Court