No. 279PA11 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

The Constitution of North Carolina grants this Court “jurisdiction to review upon appeal any decision of the courts below.” N.C. Const. art. IV, § 12. In the interest of “ensur[ing] the uniform administration of North Carolina‟s criminal statutes,” State v. Ellis, 361 N.C. 200, 205, 639 S.E.2d 425, 429 (2007), “[t]his Court ................
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