Case Name: STATE of North Carolina v. Donna Helms LEDBETTER
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2016-09-22
Citations: 793 S.E.2d 216
Docket Number: No. 402P15
Parties: STATE of North Carolina
v.
Donna Helms LEDBETTER
Judges: 
Reporter: South Eastern Reporter 2d
Volume: 793
Pages: 216–217

Head Matter:
STATE of North Carolina
v.
Donna Helms LEDBETTER
No. 402P15
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
September 22, 2016
Meghan Adelle Jones, Attorney at Law, For Ledbetter, Donna Helms.
Ashleigh P. Dunston, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher W. Brooks, Assistant Attorney General, Brandy Cook, District Attorney, For State of North Carolina.
ORDER

Opinion:
Defendant's petition for discretionary review is allowed for the limited purpose of remanding to the Court of Appeals to reconsider its holding in light of State v. Thomsen, - N.C. -. 789 S.E. 2d 639 (2016), and State v. Stubbs, 368 N.C. 40, 770 S.E. 2d 74 (2015). See Thomsen, - N.C. at -, 789 S.E. 2d at 642 (recognizing N.C.G. S. 7A-32(c)"creates a default rule that the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review a lower court judgment by writ of certiorari"); Stubbs, 368 N.C. at 44, 770 S.E. 2d at 76 (recognizing that Rule 21 of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure cannot take away jurisdiction given to the Court of Appeals by N.C.G.S. 7A-32(c) ):
"Spec Order by order of the Court in conference, this the 22nd of September 2016."
Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendant on the 17th of December 2015 for Writ of Supersedeas of the judgment of the Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Dismissed as moot by order of the Court in conference, this the 22nd of September 2016."
The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 25th of August 2016 by Defendant to Lift the Abeyance of the Petition for Discretionary Review:
"Motion Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 22nd of September 2016."