Court Opinion

ID: 6729156
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 23:09:24.153532+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:01:37.737915
License: Public Domain

Morris, J.
Appellant has failed to comply with Rule 28 of the Rules of Practice in the Court of Appeals of North Carolina by his failure to file his brief within the time required. Defendant, in apt time, before the brief was filed, and in accordance with Rule 28, moved to dismiss the appeal. On the day after appellant filed his brief, he filed a petition for extension of time for filing brief to and including the day the brief was actually filed. In addition to noncomplianee with Rule 28, appellant also failed to comply with Rule 5 in that he did not docket his appeal in this Court within the time prescribed. For failure to comply with the Rules of Practice in this Court, the appeal is dismissed. Despite these circumstances, we have examined the record and the evidence presented and we find no error in the ruling of the trial tribunal.
Appeal dismissed.
Mallard, C.J., and Campbell, J., concur.