Case Name: FAYE B. BROWN, Petitioner v. THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; ALVIN KELLER, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Correction; and KENNETH ROYSTER, in his capacity as Superintendent of Raleigh Correctional Center for Women, Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2010-08-27
Citations: 364 N.C. 319
Docket Number: No. 517PA09
Parties: FAYE B. BROWN, Petitioner v. THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; ALVIN KELLER, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Correction; and KENNETH ROYSTER, in his capacity as Superintendent of Raleigh Correctional Center for Women, Respondents
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 364
Pages: 319–334

Head Matter:
FAYE B. BROWN, Petitioner v. THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; ALVIN KELLER, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Correction; and KENNETH ROYSTER, in his capacity as Superintendent of Raleigh Correctional Center for Women, Respondents
No. 517PA09
(Filed 27 August 2010)
On writ of certiorari pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-32(b) to review an opinion and order entered 14 December 2009 by Judge Ripley E. Rand in Superior Court, Wake County, allowing petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus and ordering her unconditional release from prison. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 February 2010.
Staples S. Hughes, Appellate Defender, and Katherine Jane Allen, Benjamin Dowling-Sendor, Daniel R. Pollitt, and Daniel K. Shatz, Assistant Appellate Defenders, for petitionerappellee.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Tiare B. Smiley and Robert C. Montgomery, Special Deputy Attorneys General, for respondent-appellants State of North Carolina and North Carolina Department of Correction.
Elliot Pishko Morgan, P.A., by David Pishko, and Abrams & Abrams, P.A., by Margaret Abrams, for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in Jones v. Keller, — N.C.—, —, S.E.2d —(2010) (518PA09), we reverse the trial court's 14 December 2009 order allowing petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus.
REVERSED.