State v. Whitaker

692 S.E.2d 877 (2010)

STATE of North Carolina
v.
Douglas Dwayne WHITAKER.

No. 21A10.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 28, 2010.

Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., for Douglas Dwayne Whitaker.

E. Michael Heavner, Assistant Attorney General, for State of North Carolina.

ORDER

Upon consideration of the notice of appeal from the North Carolina Court of Appeals, filed by the Defendant-Appellant on the 12th of January 2010 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-30, and the motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of substantial constitutional question filed by the State of NC, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the motion to dismiss the appeal is

"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 28th of January 2010."

Upon consideration of the petition for discretionary review, filed by Defendant on the 12th of January 2010 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-31 and the Appellate Rule 16(b) as to issues in addition to those presented as the basis for the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the petition for discretionary review as to additional issues is

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 28th of January 2010."

Accordingly, only those issues which are the basis of the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals shall be presented to this court in briefs. The Defendant's new brief so limited in scope shall be filed with this Court not more than 30 days from the date of certification of this order.