Case Title: Griffin v. Ball

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Docket Number: 559PA11-2

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2014-06-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 
No. 559PA11-2  
FILED 12 JUNE 2014 
BRUCE LEE GRIFFIN,  
                                 Petitioner 
 
 
v. 
MIKE BALL, Administrator, A/M Corre. Inst. #4680,  
                                 Respondent                                                               
 
On writ of certiorari pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-32(b) to review an order of the 
Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (2013), allowing petitioner’s 
petition for writ of habeas corpus and vacating a judgment entered by Judge Laura 
J. Bridges on 11 February 2010 in Superior Court, Buncombe County.  Heard in the 
Supreme Court on 15 April 2014. 
Staples S. Hughes, Appellate Defender, by Barbara S. Blackman, Assistant 
Appellate Defender, for petitioner-appellee. 
 
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Joseph L. Hyde, Assistant Attorney General, 
for the State respondent-appellant. 
 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
Justice BEASLEY took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.  
The remaining members of the Court are equally divided, with three members 
voting to affirm and three members voting to reverse the order of the Court of 
Appeals.  Accordingly, the order of the Court of Appeals is left undisturbed.  See, 
GRIFFIN V. BALL 
 
Opinion of the Court 
 
 
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e.g., Amward Homes, Inc. v. Town of Cary, 365 N.C. 305, 716 S.E.2d 849 (2011); 
Goldston v. State, 364 N.C. 416, 700 S.E.2d 223 (2010). 
AFFIRMED.