State v. Campbell

MORGAN, Justice.

This is the second time that this case has made its way to this Court, and yet our resolution of the present appeal does not represent afinal ruling on the merits. Instead, for the reasons discussed herein, we reverse and remand this case to the Court of Appeals for an independent assessment of whether that court need and should invoke its discretion under Rule 2 of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure in order to reach the merits of one of defendant’s substantive issues on appeal.

In light of the several previous opinions from this Court and the Court of Appeals in…