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    Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 616 S.E.2d 366 (2005), finding prejudicial error in judgments entered 20 October 2003 by Judge Evelyn W. Hill in Superior Court, Alamance County, and ordering a new trial. Heard in the Supreme Court 15 November 2005.
    Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Chris Z. Sinha , Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

     Robert T. Newman, Sr. for defendant-appellee.

    PER CURIAM.

    AFFIRMED.

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