Opinion
No. COA15–784.
02-16-2016
STATE of North Carolina v. Paul Stephen HARPER.
Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Angenette Stephenson, for the State. Appellate Defender Staples Hughes, by Assistant Appellate Defender David W. Andrews, for defendant-appellant.
Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Angenette Stephenson, for the State.
Appellate Defender Staples Hughes, by Assistant Appellate Defender David W. Andrews, for defendant-appellant.
Opinion
On writ of certiorari to review judgments entered 3 April 2014 and amended 15 September 2014 by Judge Nathaniel J. Poovey in Catawba County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 1 February 2016.
Although Mary was 18 years old at the time of her trial testimony, we use pseudonyms to protect her identity and the identities of her schoolmates “Nora” and “Opal,” to whom she first disclosed the incidents at issue.