State v. Ryan ( 2019 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 366A10
Filed 27 September 2019
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v.
MICHAEL PATRICK RYAN
Appeal pursuant to an order of this Court allowing review of an order granting
defendant’s motion for appropriate relief entered on 7 February 2017 by Judge W.
Erwin Spainhour in Superior Court, Gaston County. Heard in the Supreme Court on
27 August 2019.
Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Mary Carla Babb, Assistant Attorney
General, for the State.
William F. W. Massengale and Marilyn G. Ozer, for defendant-appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Justice ERVIN took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. The
remaining members of the Court are equally divided, with three members voting to
affirm and three members voting to reverse the decision of the Superior Court, Gaston
County. Accordingly, the decision of the Superior Court, Gaston County is left
undisturbed and stands without precedential value. See State v. Woodruff, 307 N.C.
264, 297 S.E.2d 382 (1982).
AFFIRMED.