State v. Augustine, 782 S.E.2d 323 (2016)
STATE
v.
AUGUSTINE, Golphin, and Walters.
No. 139PA13-1.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Jan. 7, 2016.
Danielle Marquis Elder, Special Deputy Attorney General, for State of N.C.
Jay H. Ferguson, Durham, for Augustine, Quintel, et al.
Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr.
James E. Ferguson, II, Charlotte, for Augustine, Quintel, et al.
Cassandra Stubbs, for Augustine, Quintel, et al.
William P. Hart, Sr., Senior Deputy Attorney General, for State of N.C.
Jonathan Babb, Special Deputy Attorney General, for State of N.C.
Robert P. Mosteller, for Retired Members of the North Carolina Judiciary.
James Patrick Longest, Jr., for North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.
Irving Joyner, for North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.
Theresa A. Newman, for North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.
Robert C. Montgomery, Special Deputy Attorney General, for State of N.C.
William R. West, District Attorney, for State of N.C.
*324Amended
The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 4th of January 2016 by Defendants for Temporary Stay of the Mandate:
"Motion Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 7th of January 2016."
BEASLEY, J., and ERVIN, J., recused.