¶1Robert C. Montgomery, Senior Deputy Attorney General, for State of North Carolina.
¶2Anne Bleyman, Chapel Hill, for Oates, Andrew Jackson.
ORDER
¶4Upon consideration of the petition filed by State of NC on the 15th of September 2011 for Writ of Supersedeas of the judgment of the Court of Appeals, the following order was *17 entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 26th of January 2012."
¶5Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 15th of September 2011 by State of NC in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 26th of January 2012."
¶6Therefore the case is docketed as of the date of this order's certification. Briefs of the respective parties shall be submitted to this Court within the times allowed and in the manner provided by Appellate Rule 15(g)(2).