Who is the target audience of an appellate opinion? Appellate counsel? Other lawyers? The public?
For appellate counsel, of course, the written opinion serves to explain the reasoning behind the
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Reviewing the Standard of Review
By Kip D. Nelson on
Under the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure, an appellant’s brief must contain “a concise statement of the applicable standard(s) of review for each issue.” N.C. R. App. P. 28(b)(6).
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