Title: State v. Ballard
Citation: 349 N.C. 286
Docket Number: 488A97
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: November 6, 1998

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 488A97
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v.
JERRY LEE BALLARD
Appeal by defendant pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the
decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 127 N.C.
App. 316, 489 S.E.2d 454 (1997), finding no prejudicial error in
a judgment entered by Johnson (Marcus), J., on 5 June 1996 in
Superior Court, Buncombe County.  On 10 March 1998, the Supreme
Court allowed discretionary review of additional issues.  Heard
in the Supreme Court 30 September 1998.
Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Reuben F. Young,
Assistant Attorney General, for the State.
Belser & Parke, P.A., by David G. Belser, for defendant-
appellant.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion for the
Court of Appeals by Martin (John C.), J., the decision of the
Court of Appeals is reversed.  We conclude that defendant’s
petition for discretionary review as to additional issues was
improvidently allowed.
REVERSED IN PART; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED
IN PART.
Justice WYNN did not participate in the consideration or
decision of this case.