Last Friday was a blockbuster appellate day for the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Not only did it effectively declare an appellate jurisdiction statute unconstitutional (see Matt’s blog post), but Justice Newby authored a concurring opinion inspired by “It’s a Wonderful Life.” (“Was Old Man Potter simply morally corrupt or was he also guilty of a crime?”).
For North Carolina’s appellate defenders, however, Friday was not a wonderful day.… Continue Reading