HUNSTEIN, Justice.
We granted certiorari in this criminal case to decide on the correct approach for determining whether a new sentence, imposed after the defendant's initial sentence has been vacated, constitutes a harsher sentence and thereby triggers a presumption of vindictiveness under North Carolina v. Pearce,
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