State v. Cozart

As Defendant did not object in the trial court to the constitutionality of his enrollment in satellite-based monitoring, in order to reach the merits of that argument this Court would be required-in addition to allowing certiorari-to take the extraordinary step of invoking Rule 2. The Majority declines to do so, and I concur. I write separately to convey my disquiet with this outcome.

In State v. Bishop , we noted that a petition for writ of certiorari " 'must show merit[.]' " State v. Bishop , --- N.C. App. ----, ----, 805 S.E.2d 367, 369 (2017) (quoting State v. Grundler , 251 N.C. 177, 189,…