State v. Jacobs

Justice MORGAN dissenting.

Based upon application of the rudimentary principles of statutory construction, I respectfully disagree with the decision of my learned colleagues. In reaching the result in this case, the majority has devalued, and essentially ignored, the operation of the descriptive word "specific"

**668in its interpretation of North Carolina General Statutes Section 8C-1, Rule 412(b)(2) and this provision's usage in the present case.

"Statutory interpretation properly begins with an examination of the plain words of the statute." Three Guys Real Estate v. Harnett County , 345 N.C.…