Case Title: In re T.R.B

Citation: 358 N.C. 370

Docket Number: 296A03

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE MATTER OF: T.R.B. No. 296A03 FILED: 7 MAY 2004 Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 157 N.C. App. 609, 582 S.E.2d 279 (2003), reversing and remanding an adjudication order entered 2 August 2001 by Judge Joseph E. Setzer, Jr. and a dispositional order entered 27 September 2001 by Judge David B. Brantley in District Court, Wayne County. On 21 August 2003, this Court allowed the State’s petition for discretionary review as to additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court 15 March 2004. Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Laura E. Crumpler, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant. Marjorie S. Canaday for respondent-appellee. Coe W. Ramsey, on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, amicus curiae. PER CURIAM. This appeal arises from an adjudication order entered by Judge Joseph E. Setzer, Jr. and from a dispositional order entered by Judge David B. Brantley. Respondent T.R.B. was adjudicated delinquent and was sentenced to twelve months’ probation under the supervision of a juvenile court counselor. The Court of Appeals held that respondent’s confession was obtained in violation of N.C.G.S. § 7B-2101 and reversed and remanded the case for a new adjudication hearing. Judge Wynn wrote separately, “concurring in part, dissenting in part,” with -2- the majority’s opinion. In re T.R.B., 157 N.C. App. 609, 623, 582 S.E.2d 279, 288 (2003). The State, through the Attorney General, appealed to this Court pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2), and this Court granted the State’s petition for discretionary review as to additional issues. We have now determined that the petition for discretionary review as to additional issues was improvidently allowed. Additionally, because Judge Wynn concurred with the Court of Appeals’ majority opinion on all substantive grounds and merely raised an additional issue for consideration, the State’s appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) is hereby dismissed. APPEAL DISMISSED; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.