State v. Stanley

BRANCH, Justice.

At the threshold of this appeal we are confronted with the question of whether any assignments of error are properly before us for review. Justice Lake clearly stated one of the rules which governs decision of this question in State v. Williams, 274 N.C. 328, 163 S.E. 2d 353:

When this Court, after a decision of a cause by the Court of Appeals and pursuant to the petition of a party thereto as authorized by G.S. 7A-31, grants certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals, only the decision of that Court is before us for review. We inquire into proceedings in the…