Opinion
No. 270A18-2
12-14-2021
STATE of North Carolina v. Thomas Earl GRIFFIN
James R. Grant, Assistant Appellate Defender, For Griffin, Thomas Earl. Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, For Griffin, Thomas Earl. Daniel P. O'Brien, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State of North Carolina. Joseph Finarelli, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State of North Carolina. Scott E. Thomas, District Attorney, For State of North Carolina.
James R. Grant, Assistant Appellate Defender, For Griffin, Thomas Earl.
Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, For Griffin, Thomas Earl.
Daniel P. O'Brien, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State of North Carolina.
Joseph Finarelli, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State of North Carolina.
Scott E. Thomas, District Attorney, For State of North Carolina.
ORDER
This case is remanded to the Court of Appeals to reconsider its holding in light of this Court's decisions in State v. Hilton , 378 N.C. 692, 2021-NCSC-115, 862 S.E.2d 806, and State v. Strudwick , 2021-NCSC-127, 864 S.E.2d 231, as well as the General Assembly's recent amendments to the satellite-based monitoring program, see Act of Sep. 2, 2021, S.L. 2021-138, § 18, https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2021-2022/SL2021-138.pdf (effective 1 December 2021). The Court of Appeals should take such additional actions as are warranted.
By Order of the Court in Conference, this the 14th day of December 2021.