SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

PETITIONS

Decided by the Court in Conference: 7 June 2001

{Posted on the Internet Web Site: 8 Jun 2001 at 9:30 a.m.}
(Amended copy on Internet Web Site: 8 June 2001 at 12:23 p.m.)

COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviation Full Term
PWC Petition for Writ of Certiorari
MAR Motion for Appropriate Relief
COA North Carolina Court of Appeals
MTS Motion for Temporary Stay
Def Defendant
NOA Notice of Appeal
Plt Plaintiff
PDR Petition for Discretionary Review
Cert Certiorari
AG Attorney General

002P01   State v. Joseph Marion Head, Jr.
 
1. Def's Pro Se Motion for a Copy of the Court's Opinion and Orders (Received 04/11/01)

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Dismiss for Denial of a Speedy Trial (Received 05/02/01)

3. Def's Pro Se Motion for Civil Relief of One Zillion Tons of Dollars Tax Free (Received 05/02/01)

4. Def's Pro Se Motion for a New Trial for Violations of Rights to Counsel Pretrial, At Trial, Post Trial (Received 05/25/01)
 

1. Denied

2. Denied

3. Denied

4. Denied

 

004A01*   State v. Timothy Lionell White
 
1. Defense Counsel's Motion to Withdraw

2. Motion for Appointment of David Freedman and Dudley Witt
 

1. Allowed 05/23/01

2. Allowed 05/23/01  

015P01-2   State v. Willie H. Robertson
 
Def's Pro Se Motion for Entry of Default
 
Dismissed  
058P01   William C. Erler d/b/a West End Office Building and Hunter Textbooks, Inc. v. AON Risk Services, Inc. of the Carolinas (formerly Rollins, Hudig Hall of the Carolinas, Inc.) and Susan Cothren   1. Defs' Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Defs' Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Plts' Motion to Dissolve Stay of Execution

4. Plts' Motion to Increase Security on Appeal

5. Plts' Motion to Compel Defs' to Post a Secured Bond

6. Plts' PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA99-1274)

7. Defs' Motion to Dismiss Plts' PDR

8. Defs' Conditional PDR as to Additional Issues

9. Defs' Motion to Withdraw Defs' Motion to Dismiss Plt's PDR  

1. Allowed 01/29/01

2. Denied 05/11/01

3. Allowed 05/11/01

4. Dismissed as moot 05/11/01

5. Dismissed as moot 05/11/01

6. Denied 05/11/01

7. ---

8. Dismissed as moot 05/11/01

9. Allowed 05/11/01
 

064A01   State v. Kendall Jermaine Barnette
 
1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Dissent

2. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question

3. Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA99-1305)

4. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal
 

1.

2. ---

3. Denied

4. Allowed  

065A01   State v. Jakie Hammonds
 
1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Dissent (COA00-89)

2. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA00-89)

3. Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-89)

4. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal
 

1.

2. ---

3. Denied

4. Allowed


Edmunds, J. Recused

 

087P01   Eddie G. Jones v. Weyerhaeuser Company
 
1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA99-742)

2. Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA99-742)

3. Plt's Motion to Dismiss Appeal
 

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed


Edmunds, J. Recused

 

122P01   State v. David F. Dameron, Sr.
 
Def's Pro Se Motion for Appointment of Counsel
 
Denied  
130P01   State v. Linwood Earl McDonald
 
Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA99- 630)
 
Denied  
135P01   Mitchell Tew v. E.B. Davis Electric Company, Employer v. Self/Comptrust ACG, Brentwood Services, Administrator, and/or Bradford S. Hancox, Administrator, Estate of Junius L. Burney, Deceased, Employer, Non-Insured
 
1. Plt's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-438)

2. Def's Conditional NOA Based Upon a Dissent (COA00-438)

3. Def's Conditional PDR as to Additional Issues (COA00-438)


 

1. Denied 05/16/01

2. Dismissed as moot 05/16/01

3. Dismissed as moot 05/16/01  

136P01*   Ed Ganey et al v. Juanita Baker, et al
 
Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
 
Denied 05/10/01
 
142P01   Leslie S. Augur v. Richard G. Augur
 
Def's PDR Prior to Determination by the NC COA (COA01-220)
 
Denied  
144P01   State v. Marcus Jerome Bethel and Christopher Allen Walker
 
1. Def's (Bethel) NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA00-63)

2. Def's (Bethel) PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-63)

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal
 

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed
 

156P01   The Presbyterian Hospital v. NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Facility Services, Certificate of Need Section and Mooresville Hospital Management Associates, Inc. d/b/a Lake Norman Regional Medical Center and Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority
 
1. Plt's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (Prior to Determination) (COA01- 224)

2. Plt's Motion for Expedited Decision on Plt's PDR Prior to Determination by the NC COA  

1. Denied

2. Denied

 

158P01   State v. Jonathan Russell Robinson
 
Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-139)   Denied  
165A95-3   State v. Issac Jackson Stroud
 
1. Def's PWC to Review the Order of the Superior Court

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Void PWC
 

1. Denied

2. Dismissed See Special Order
 

168P01-2   State v. Robert E. Spencer
 
Def's Pro Se Motion to Appoint Counsel
 
Denied  
171P01   State v. Ronald Douglas Tench
 
Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA96- 955)
 
Denied

Martin, J. Recused
 

175A01*   James K. Martishius and Cindy K. Martishius v. Carolco Studios, Inc.
 
Joint Motion by Plts and Defs to Amend Record on Appeal   Allowed 06/05/01  
175P99-3   State v. Samuel Alando Walker
 
Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the Superior Court (COA98- 292)
 
Denied  
181P01   Turnamics, Inc., et al v. Advanced Envirotech Systems, Inc., et al
 
Def's PDR Under G.S § 7A-31 (COA00-167)   Denied  
181P99   John R. Goodwin, Jr. and Linda K. Goodwin, Husband and Wife v. Schnedier National, Inc. and Keith (NMN) Gault
 
Plt's Fourth Motion to Reconsider Denial of PDR   Denied
See Special Order
 
187P01   State v. Hezzie Randell Locklear, Sr.
 
Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus
 
Denied  
188P01   State v. Kerry Denard Smith
 
Def's PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA00-574)   Denied  
191P01   Meinhart Lagies v. Bobby Myers
 
Plt's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA99-1238)
 
Denied  
195P01   State v. Destry Riccard
 
Def's PWC (COA99-1494)
 
Denied  
196P01   Linda Burgess et al v. Merle Rudy Busley
 
1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA99- 1439)

2. Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA99-1439)
 

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Allowed  

199P01   State v. Booker Wilson
 
Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-107)
 
Denied  
207A01   State v. Archie Eugene Cloyd
 
Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA99- 1178)
 
Dismissed ex mero motu  
208P01   John Frank Bowen v. State of North Carolina and Chief Superior Court Judge, Wake County, et al
 
Plt's Pro Se Petition for Rehearing En Banc Under Rule 31A N.C. R. App. P.   Dismissed  
209A91-4*   Robert Bacon, Elton McLaughlin and Richard Eugene Cagle, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs v. R.C. Lee, Warden, North Carolina Central Prison; Michael F. Easley, Governor of North Carolina; and Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, Defendants
 
1. Def's PWC

2. Def's Petition for Writ of Prohibition

3. Def's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

4. Def's Motion to Vacate Superior Court's Order

5. Def's Motion to Dismiss Bacon's Civil Complaint
 

1. Allowed
See Separate Order 05/17/01

2.

3.


4.

5.

 

209A91-4*   Robert Bacon, Elton McLaughlin, and Richard Eugene Cagle, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. R.C. Lee, Warden, North Carolina Central Prison, et al
 
1. Eddie Carlson Robinson's Motion to Intervene

2. Eddie Carlson Robinson's Alternative Motion to Be Excluded From the Class
 

1. Denied 05/25/01

2. Denied 05/25/01  

211P01   State v. Roger Dale Brown
 
Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the NC COA (COAP01-100)
 
Denied  
212P01   Maria Mendez Ferretiz v. Parkway Ford, Inc. and World Omni Financial Corporation
 
Plt's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-218)   Denied  
214P01   State v. Ivery Montreat Elliott
 
Def's PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA00-274)
 
Denied  
215A96-10   Guy Tobias LeGrande v. State
 
1. Plt's Pro Se Civil Claim Against the State for Malicious and Deliberate Back-to-Back Erroneous Convictions, Imprisonments and Sentence to Death

2. Plt's Pro Se Superseding Civil Claim Against the State for Malicious and Deliberate Back-to-Back Erroneous Convictions, Imprisonments and Sentence of Death

3. Plt's Pro Se Civil Complaint Lawsuit Against the State for Malicious and Deliberate Back-to- Back Erroneous Convictions, Imprisonments and Sentence of Death
 

1. Dismissed

2. Dismissed

3. Dismissed

 

215A96-11*   Guy Tobias LeGrande v. State   Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus   Denied

 

215P01   State v. Robert A. Sartori
 
1. Def's Pro Se PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-749)

2. Def's Pro Se Motion for Appointment of Counsel
 

1. Denied

2. Denied

 

216P01   Project Health, Education, and Advocacy Link (Heal) Advocates for Children's Services of Legal Services of North Carolina, Petitioner v. Wake County Human Services, Respondent
 
Pet's PWC to Review the Order of the NC COA (COAP01-127)   Denied  
222P01*   Crystal Anne Urick, a Minor, By Lewis Pitts, Attorney and Next Friend v. Wake County Human Services
 
1. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

2. Motion for Temporary Stay

3. Attorney Advocate's Motion to Seal Proceedings

 

1. Denied
See Separate Order
05/17/01

2. Allowed
See Separate Order 04/27/01 Dissolved
See Separate Order 05/17/01

3. Denied, Except as to Judge Salisbury's Order Previously Sealed 05/08/01
 

225P01   Alberta Stewart- Courts v. N.C. A & T State University
 
1. Plt's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the NC COA (COAP99-363)

2. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Deny Def's Motion to Deny Appellant-Plt's Writ of Certiorari or Remand for New Trial

3. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Amend Response to Def's Motion to Deny Appellant's PWC
 

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot

3. Allowed  

226P01   North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University v. Erthel Hines
 
Respondent's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the NC COA (COAP01- 173)   Denied  
227P01   Robert Spencer v. N.C. Department of Correction
 
1. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis

2. Plt's Pro Se Motion Under Rule 2 for Suspension of the Rules

3. Plt's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the N.C. Industrial Commission
 

1. Allowed

2. Denied

3. Denied

 

228P01   State v. Raymond Frederick Gilley
 
1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA98- 1124)

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis
 

1. Denied

2. Allowed

 

229P01   State v. Willie V. McNair
 
Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the NC COA (COAP01-26)
 
Dismissed  
230P01   State v. Mitchell Hunter
 
Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-249)
 
Denied  
231P01   In Re: James E. Price, Sr. v. Chief Judge Sidney S. Eageles, Jr. and Associate Judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals (COA01-88)
 
1. Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus

2. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis
 

1. Denied

2. Allowed  

232P01   State v. Michael Eugene Reed, II
 
1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA99-1574)

4. Def's Conditional PDR as to Additional Issues
 

1. Allowed 05/04/01

2. Allowed

3. Allowed

4. Denied 06/08/01  

233P01*   State v. Anthony Joseph Johnson
 
1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-103)
 

1. Allowed 05/07/01

2.

3.
 

234P01   Ricky Allen Phillips v. District Court of Forsyth County, (Honorable Roland B. Hayes, Judge)
 
1. Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Prohibition

2. Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus
 

1. Denied

2. Denied  

239P01   State v. James Edward Washington
 
1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA00-198)

2. Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-198)

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss
 

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed
 

242P01   Thomas E. Thompson, Administrator of the Estate of Christopher Thompson, Deceased v. Susan Elizabeth Bradley and Willie Thomas Bradley, Jr.
 
Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-80)   Denied  
243P01   Robin Davidson v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 
1. Def's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Def's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-16)

4. Def's (Alternative) PWC to Review Decision of NC COA (COA00-16)

 

1. Allowed 05/10/01

2.

3.

4.

 

245P01   State v. Atell Delane Coleman
 
1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA00-243)

2. Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-243)

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal
 

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

246P01*   In Re: Foreclosure of Real Property Under Deed of Trust from Haywood M. Clayton and Sylvia Clayton
 
1. Pet's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Pet's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas
 

1. Denied 05/09/01

2. Denied 05/09/01
 

251P01   State v. Curtis Dwight Elston
 
Def's PWC to Review the Order of the COA (Filed as a PDR)
 
Denied  
252P01   State v. Thomas Duncan
 
Def's PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA00-670)
 
Denied  
253P01*   Space Bank Leasing v. June C. Lail and Stephanie Atchley

 

1. Def's (Stephanie Atchley) Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Def's (Stephanie Atchley) Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Def's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA01-279)

4. Def's (Stephanie Atchley) Motion for Temporary Stay

5. Def's (Stephanie Atchley) PWC to Review the Order of the NC COA (COA01-279)
 

1. Denied 05/11/01

2.

3.

4. Denied 06/06/01

5.

 

254P01   Dominique Muhammed Salaam- X A/K/A Alfred Dominique Clifton v. Jim Pendergraph, Mecklenburg County Sheriff
 
Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus   Denied 05/16/01  
256P01   State v. James Lee King
 
1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the Superior Court

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis
 

1. Dismissed

2. Allowed
 

257P01   State v. Robert Lee Thacker
 
1. Def's Pro Se PWC To Review Order of the Superior Court

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Amend PWC
 

1. Denied

2. Allowed

 

259P01   State v. Terrence Bernard Perry
 
1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the NC COA (COAP01-47)

2. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the Superior Court.
 

1. Denied

2. Denied

 

260P01   Northeast Concerned Citizens, Inc. v. City of Hickory and Tricor Development Corporation
 
Plt's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-35)   Denied  
261A01   State v. Donald Dean Beeler
 
Def's Petition for Writ of Mandamus
 
Denied  
261A92-5   State v. Eddie Carson Robinson
 
Def's Motion to Establish Date for Timely Filing of PWC
 
Allowed 06/04/01  
262P01   State v. James Kenneth Sackett
 
Def's PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA00-294)
 
Denied  
265P01   Lisa Joyner Cannon v. Haywood A. Cannon
 
1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the District Court

2. Plt's Motion for Sanctions

 

1. Dismissed

2. Denied

Martin, J. Recused

Wainwright, J. Recused
 

266A01   In the Matter of Micah Storm Dula, a Minor Child
 
1. Respondent's (Davida Elaine Dula) Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Respondent's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Respondent's NOA Based on a Dissent
 

1. Denied

2. Denied

3.  

267P01   State v. William David Scott
 
1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA99- 1383)

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Amend PWC to Review the Decision of the NC COA (COA99-1383)
 

1. Denied

2. Allowed

 

269P01   State v. Alexander D. Ritchey
 
Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus
 
Denied  
283P01   State v. Anthony Fitzgerald Barnett
 
Def's PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA00-208)
 
Denied  
283P98-2   State v. Jeremy Lujan Aiken
 
1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-295)
 

1. Denied 05/03/01

2. Denied

3. Denied  

284P01*   Hyde County Social Services, ex rel Ms. Gloria Spencer et al, Respondents v. Mr. Glenn I. Hockney, North Carolina, and a Hyde County Resident, Petitioner
 
1. Pet's Pro Se Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Pet's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the Hyde Co. Social Services Hearing Officer

 

1. Denied 06/01/01

2.  

300P01   Randolph Comer v. State   1. Plt's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

2. Plt's Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis  

1. Denied

2. Allowed

 

373A00   State v. Lionel Lewis Rogers
 
1. Def's Pro Se Motion for Appointment of Counsel

2. Def's Pro Se Motion for Complaint for Investigation, Declaration; Point & Authorities
 

1. Denied

2. Denied

 

378P00-2   Timothy Clarence Allison v. Attorney Scott Shelton, & The Honorable Zoro Guice, Jr.
 
1. Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus

2. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Appoint Counsel
 

1. Denied

2. Denied

 

388P00*   Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. v. Bonita Harris Smith & Ollen Brutun Smith
 
1. Plt's Motion to Withdraw PDR

2. Def's (Bonita Harris Smith) Motion to Withdraw PDR

3. Plt's PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA99-750)

4. Def's (Bonita Smith) PDR Under G.S. § 7A-31 (COA99-750)
 

1. Allowed 06/05/01

2. Allowed 06/05/01

3. ---

4. ---  

418P00-2   State v. Jimmy Faircloth
 
1. Def's Pro Se NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COAP01- 269)

2. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP01-269)

3. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP01-269)
 

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Dismissed

3. Dismissed

 

480A99-2*   State v. Donald John Scanlon
 
1. Def's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Def's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Def's Motion in the Cause

4. Def's (Alternative) PWC to Review the Order of the Superior Court
 

1. Allowed 05/04/01
Dissolved 05/10/01

2. Denied 05/10/01

3. Denied 05/10/01

4. Denied 05/10/01
 

510A99   State v. Daniel Cummings, Jr.
 
Def's Petition for Rehearing
 
Dismissed  
540P00-2   State v. Ernest Junior Thames
 
Def's Pro Se PWC to Review Order of the NC COA (COA99-674)
 
Denied  
584P99-2   State v. Henry James Fowler
 
Def's Petition for Writ of Mandamus   Denied  


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