SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

PETITIONS

Decided by the Court in Conference: 3 March 2005

{Posted on the Internet Web Site: 4 March 2005 at 11:30 a.m.}
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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS (Click here for archived petitions)
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

SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

PETITIONS

03 March 2005  

490PA04   State of North Carolina v. Timothy Earl Blackwell   Def's Second Motion for Appropriate Relief   See Special Order
02/11/05
 
009P05   Josephine Williams, Administratrix of the Estate of Tiffany Keyetta Jordan v. Scotland County and the City of Laurinburg, acting by and through their employees and agents   Def's (The City of Laurinburg) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03- 1624)

 

Denied
03/02/05  
011P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Jeffrey Lynn Williams   1. Def's Pro Se PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1691)

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

1. Denied

2. Allowed  

012P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Derrick Talmadge Head   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1307)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

013P05
 
State of North Carolina v. Tereasa Lynn Gibson   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31 (COA04-66)

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

015P04-2

 
State of North Carolina v. Gene Archie Dickens, Jr.   1. Def's Pro Se Motion for Belated Appeal

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

1. Dismissed

2. Allowed  

015PO5
 
State of North Carolina v. James Edwin Sutton   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1351)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

017P05

 
Terrance Lee Stilwell v. General Railway Services, Inc.   1. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31 (COA04-107)

2. Plt's Motion to Allow Filing of Opposition to Def's PDR  

1. Denied

2. Allowed  

018P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Antoine D. Steele   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1481)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

023P05

 
A&F Trademark, Inc; Caciqueco, Inc; Expressco, Inc; Lanco, Inc; Lernco, Inc; Limco Investments, Inc; Limtoo, Inc; Structureco, Inc; and V. Secret Stores, Inc. v. E. Norris Tolson, Secretary of Revenue, State of NC, and his successors   1. Petitioners' (A&F, Trademark, et al) NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03-1203)

2. Petitioners' (A&F Trademark, et al) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31

3. Respondent's (Sec. of Revenue) Motion to Dismiss Appeal

4. Motion by NCMA, NCCBI, NCBIO, & NCEITA for Leave to File Memorandum of Amici Curiae  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed

4. Dismissed as moot  

024P05   Tony Ray Smith v. Staci Day Barbour and Bilal Kanawati   Def Staci Day Barbour's PDR of the Order of the COA (COA02-1396)   Denied  
025A05   Carol Bennett v. News and Observer Publishing Co., Inc., d/b/a The News and Observer   Plt's Pro Se NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA04-105)   Dismissed ex mero motu  
029P05

 
John Tubiolo and wife, Vicki Tubiolo v. Abundant Life Church, Inc.   1. Def's NOA (Constitutional Question)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31 (COA03-471)  

1. Dismissed
ex mero motu

2. Denied  

032P05
 
State of North Carolina v. Antoine Steele   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA04-173)   Denied  
034P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Anthony Bernard Jarrett   Def's PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA03-1248)   Denied  
040P05


 
James Whitehead, Employee -Plaintiff v. Pillowtex, Employer and U.S. Fire Insurance (Crawford & Co., Servicing Agent), Carrier- Defendents   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1536)   Denied  
043P05
 
Bernard Marvin Lavalley v. Waynie Felarca Lavalley   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-227)   Denied  
044P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Nicholas Tyrone Coleman   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA04-490)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

045P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Laquez Eugene Simmons   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1272)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

046P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Kevin McKenzie Dawkins   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-342)   Denied  
049P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Kenneth Leon Spellman   1. Def's NOA Based on a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1526)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied  

051P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Levi Bash   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP04-1159)   Dismissed  
052P05


 
State of North Carolina v. George Lee Thomas   Def's Pro Se Motion for Appropriate Relief   Dismissed  
055P02-2   State of North Carolina v. Henry Ford Adkins   Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus (COAP04-260)   Denied  
055P05   In Re: R.H.   Respondent's (A.B.) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-486)
 
Denied
 
056P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Allen Brian Cornett   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-85)   Denied  
058P05   State of North Carolina v. Ricky Kenard Royster   Def's Emergency Petition for Writ of Certiorari to Review Order of Superior Court of Forsyth County   See Special Order
02/10/05
 
059P05   Talley Eddings, M.D. v. Southern Orthopaedic And Musculoskeletal Associates, P. A.   1. Plt's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1298)

2. Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied  

061P05
 
State of North Carolina v. Raymond Lee Patrick, Jr.   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1320)   Denied  
064P05
 
J. Calvin Cunningham and Lori Watson Berger v. Cynthia B. Sams   1. Def's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31 (COA03-1719)
        
3. Def's Motion to Strike

4. Def's Motion for Sanctions  

1. Allowed
02/07/05
Stay Dissolved 03/03/05

2. Denied

3. Denied

4. Denied  

065P05
 
Richard H. Robertson and Barbara G. Robertson v. Zoning Board of Adjustment for the City of Charlotte   Plts' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-166)   Denied  
066P05
 
In the Matter of F.M.L.W. and F.J.S.   Respondent's (Michelle Smith ) PWC
to Review the Decision of the COA (COA04-18)  
Denied  
068P05   State of North Carolina v. Joseph L. Robinson   Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus   Denied  
072P05
 
James Reynolds, Employee v. M&M Contracting, Employer and AMCOMP Assurance Corp., Carrier   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1015)   Denied  
073P05
 
Brenda Robinson v. Richard Curtis Gardner and Pike Electric, Inc.
Cory R. Robinson v. Richard Curtis Gardner and Pike Electric, Inc.  
Defs'(Gardner and Pike Electric) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03- 1477)   Denied  
074P05

 
In Re: M.A.L.   1. Respondent's (R.L.) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-614)

2. Respondent's (S.L. ) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Denied

2. Denied  

076P05   State of North Carolina v. Gerald Wayne Adams   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1004)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

077P05
 
State of North Carolina v. Joe Earl Wilson   1. Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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

1. Denied

2. Allowed  

078P05

 
Frank Delano Whitehead a/k/a Neal Deon Lucas v. State of North Carolina   Def's Pro Se PWC
to Review Order of Superior Court of Wake County  
Dismissed  
081P05
 
Patrick Todd Bayliff v. State of North Carolina, Hon. J. B. Allen, Jr.   Plt's Pro Se PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (c) (COAP05-7)   Denied  
082P05

 
Dennis Michael Elwell v. State of North Carolina   1. Def's Pro Se NOA (COAP04- 1182)

2. Def's Pro Se Motion for Discretionary Review

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

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

083P05

 
Production Systems, Inc. v. Amerisure Insurance Company and Union Insurance Comp. a/k/a The Chesapeake Bay Property & Casualty Insurance Comp.   1. Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-580)

2. Def's (Amerisure Insurance Co.) Conditional PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31

3. Def's (Union Insurance Co.) Conditional PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot

3. Dismissed as moot  

088P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Gay Eugene Blankenship   Def's Pro Se PDR (COAP03-98)   Dismissed  
089A05

 
State of North Carolina v. Steven Christopher Burke   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1557)

2. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Allowed  

090P05
 
State of North Carolina v. Michael Shameek Simmons   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA90P05)   Denied  
091P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Bruce Antoine Felton   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-832)   Denied  
093P05   State of North Carolina v. Walter Herman Hill   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-876)   Denied  
096P05   State of North Carolina v. Ward Lee Staton   Def's Pro Se PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-655)   Dismissed  
097P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Mujahid Suluki   Def's Pro Se Motion for “Notice Of Appeal”   Dismissed  
099P05   Kathy Dianne Craven, Employer, Plaintiff v. VF Corp. D/B/A VF Jeanswear Ltd. Partnership, Employer, Self- Insured
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., Administrator, Defendants  
1. Defs' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31 (COA03-1688)

2. Defs' Motion for Temporary Stay


3. Defs' Petition for Writ of Supersedeas  

1. Denied

2. Allowed
02/17/05
Stay Dissolved 03/03/05

3. Denied

 
102P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Heath Damon Green   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of Buncombe County Superior Court   Dismissed  
105PA04   Suzanne Beatenhead v. Lincoln County, Lincoln County Board of Education, Martin Eaddy, Individually and as a Member of the Lincoln County Board of Education   1. Def's (Martin Eddy) Petition for Rehearing

2. Conditional Motion on N.C. School Boards Association and the N. C. Association of County Commissioners to File Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of Defendant-Appellants

 

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot  

118P01-13

 
State of North Carolina v. Cornelius Tucker, Jr.   Def's Pro Se Petition for Certiorari/Motion to Vacate       Denied  
122P05
 
State of North Carolina v. Anthony Jerome Jackson   Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus   Denied  
123P05

 
State of North Carolina v. Anthony Jerome Jackson   Def's Pro Se Motion for “Direct Appeal and /or Writ of Habeas Corpus, Certiorari or Supersedeas to the Supreme Court of North Carolina to the Denial of his 'Writ of Certiorari' by the North Carolina Court of Appeals”   Denied  
124P04

 
State of North Carolina v. Nathaniel Mark Upshur   1. Def's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Defendant's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Def's PWC
to Review the Order of the COA (COAP03-639)

4. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

5. AG's PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COAP03-639)

6. Def's Motion to Proceed as an Indigent  

1. Allowed pending determination of Def's PWC 03/22/04
Stay Dissolved
03/03/05

2. Denied

3. Denied

4. Denied

5. Denied

6. Allowed  

126P05   State of North Carolina v. Ricky D. Dotson   Def's Pro Se Motion for “Application and Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum”   Denied
03/02/05  
142A97-2   State of North Carolina v. Terrance Dion Bowman   Def's Pro Se Motion for Relief   Dismissed as moot  
142PA04   Harry E. Stetser, et al., v. TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., et al.   1. Motion by Def (Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) to Amend Record on Appeal

2. Motion by Def (Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) to Seal Selected Portion of Def Appellee's Brief  

1. Allowed

2. Allowed  

189A95-3



 
State of North Carolina v. Thomas Michael Larry   1. Def's PWC to Review the Order of the Superior Court

2. Def's Alterative Motion to Defer Consideration of the PWC Pending Resolution of Similar Issues in the Direct Appeal of State v. Walters

3. Def's Motion to Defer Consideration of the PWC Pending Resolution of Similar Issues in the Direct Appeal of State v. Poindexter

4. Def's Motion to Supplement PWC  

1. Denied

2. Denied

3. Denied

4. Allowed  

232A04   Howard C. Jones, et al. v. Robert Wayne Davis, et al.   1. Plts' (Jones, Southland, Mr. & Mrs. Bowers and Mr. & Mrs. Sammons) NOA based upon a Dissent (COA03- 594)

2. Def's (Surry County) PWC to Review the Decision to the COA

3. Defs' (Mr & Mrs. Davis and Mr. & Mrs. Allred) Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---
10/06/04

2. Allowed
10/06/04

3. Dismissed as moot
03/03/05  

365P04

 
State of North Carolina v. Anthony Dwayne Burrell and Rodney Matthew Burrell   1. Def's (Anthony) NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question

2. Def's (Anthony) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-989)

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal

4. Def's (Rodney) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed

4. Denied  

444P98-3

 
State of North Carolina v. Samuel Wayne Guy   Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus   Denied  
448P04

 
In Re: The Adoption of Baby Girl Anderson   1. Petitioners' (unidentified adoptive parents) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31 (COA03-651)

2. Respondent's (Father) Conditional PDR  

1. Allowed

2. Allowed

 
471P04

 
Susan Owens v. Wal- Mart Stores, Inc. and American Home Assurance Company   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-975)   Denied  
485PA04   State of North Carolina v. Levar Jamel Allen   Def's Motion for Appropriate Relief   See Special Order
02/11/05
 
511P04   Anthony Dove v. Debra H. Speller (Formerly Dove)   Plt's Pro Se PDR   Denied  
523P04   Hector Diaz v. Division of Social Services and Division of Medical Assistance, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services   1. Respondent's Motion for Temporary Stay
            

2. Respondent's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Respondent's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1151)

4. Petitioner's Conditional PDR  

1. Allowed pending determination of Def's PDR
10/13/04

2. Allowed

3. Allowed

4. Allowed

 
525P04
 
Sylvia U. Cook, Widow, Emily L. Cook, Daughter , and Tyan D. Cook, son of Roscoe D. Cook v. Watson Electrical Construction Comp. and C.N.A. Insurance Comp.   1. Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03 - 456)

2. Plt's Alternative PWC
 

1. Denied

2. Denied  

529P04
 
N.C. Department of Transportation v. Stagecoach Village   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1026)   Allowed
 
549P04   State of North Carolina v. Alfred Odom   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03-600)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied  

557P04

 
Robert W. Clark and Debra L. Clark v. Bobby Lee McArthur, Deborah H. McArthur, et al.   Defs'( Bobby Lee McArthur and Deborah H. McArthur) PWC to Review Order of COA (COAP04- 763)   Denied  
566P04   Elijah A. Ball v. State of North Carolina   1. Plt's Pro Se NOA
        

2. Plt's Request for Delayed Appeal  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Dismissed  

573A04   Eunice C. Eckard, Executrix of The Estate of Steven Vincent Eckard, Deceased, and State of North Carolina, Ex Rel Eunice C. Eckard v. Chanae Evon Smith, et al.   Plt's (Eunice C. Eckard) NOA (Dissent)

1. Plt's (Eunice C. Eckard ) PDR as to Additional Issues  


1. Denied  

577P04

 
State of North Carolina v. Antoine Denard Young   1. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31 (COA03-257)    

2. AG's Motion to Deem Response Timely Filed  

1. Denied

2. Allowed  

591P04   State of North Carolina v. Russell Ellis Roberts   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1424)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of Substantial Constitutional Question  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

607P04   In Re: M.R.D.C.   Petitioner's (Wilkes County Department of Social Services) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-2)   Denied  
611P04
 
Robert M. Ward, Employee, Plaintiff v. Wake County Board of Education , and Carolina Sunrock Corp., Employers, Defendant, North Carolina School Boards Insurance Trust and ITT Hartford; Carrier, Defendants   Def's (Wake Co. Board of Education ) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1578)   Denied  
631P04
 
State of North Carolina v. Kenneth Eugene Whittenburg   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1267)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

640P04   Lester Daniel Bryson and John Frank Bowen v. State AG Roy Cooper and State Superior Court Judges Robert P. Johnston and Forrest D. Bridges   Plts' Pro Se NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1484)   Dismissed ex mero motu  
642A04   Charlie Lee Richardson v. N.C. Department of Public Instruction and State Board of Education   Plt's Pro Se Motion for Reconsideration   Dismissed  
643P04

 
Ray Richard Perry v. State of North Carolina   Plt's Pro Se PWC to Review Order of COA (COAP04-1021)   Dismissed