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  "name": "IN THE MATTER OF: DIANE REGINA COLSON",
  "name_abbreviation": "In re Colson",
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    "judges": [
      "Judges Morris and Vaughn concur."
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      "IN THE MATTER OF: DIANE REGINA COLSON"
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        "text": "GRAHAM, Judge.\nRespondent made a motion in this Court in arrest of judgment on the grounds the petition was not signed nor verified as required by G.S. 7A-281.\nThe record which respondent\u2019s counsel filed in this Court fails to show that the petition on which respondent was tried was signed or verified. However, upon motion of the State, a copy of the original petition, duly certified by the clerk as a \u201ctrue copy of the original on file in this office,\u201d was ordered reproduced as an addendum to the record. This copy plainly shows that the original petition was signed and verified as required by law.\nWe are afforded no explanation as to why the copy of the petition included in the original record did not show that it was executed or verified. The Assistant Public Defender who filed respondent\u2019s brief in this Court also appeared for respondent at the trial. The record shows that he tendered the original record on appeal to the solicitor. The solicitor accepted the record without filing exceptions or a countercase.\nInaccurate records continue to be a source of concern in this Court. Needless to say, we are particularly perplexed when appellant\u2019s counsel seeks relief on grounds appearing solely because the record which he prepared is inaccurate or incomplete. State v. Lindsey, 14 N.C. App. 266, 188 S.E. 2d 7.\nThere are other assignments of error which we deem unnecessary to discuss. However, we have reviewed all assignments of error and the complete record. We find that respondent was afforded a fair trial free from prejudicial error.\nNo error.\nJudges Morris and Vaughn concur.",
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        "author": "GRAHAM, Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney General Morgan by Assistant Attorney General Weathers for the State.",
      "J. Dale Shepherd, Assistant Public Defender, Eighteenth Judicial District, for respondent appellant."
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    "head_matter": "IN THE MATTER OF: DIANE REGINA COLSON\nNo. 7218DC369\n(Filed 24 May 1972)\nInfants \u00a7 10 \u2014 juvenile delinquency petition \u2014 signature and verification Copy of juvenile deliquency petition certified by the clerk of court shows that the original petition was signed and verified as required by law. G.S. 7A-281.\nAppeal by respondent from Gentry, District Judge, 17 December 1971 Session of District Court held in Guilford County.\nThis juvenile proceeding was instituted against respondent, a 15-year-old child, by the filing of a verified petition in Greensboro District Court on 12 November 1971. The petition charges that respondent is a delinquent child as defined by G.S. 7A-278(2). In support of this charge the petition contains specific allegations tending to show that on 10 November 1971 respondent committed larceny.\nAfter a hearing, pursuant to G.S. 7A-277, et seq., the court found, among other things, that on 10 November 1971 respondent went to a laundry owned by Mrs. Sherry Mercer and while there opened the cash register and removed $34.00 which respondent appropriated to her own use.\nThe court concluded that respondent\u2019s conduct constituted a violation of law, adjudged her a delinquent child in need of discipline and supervision by the State, and ordered her placed in the custody of the State Board of Youth Development.\nAttorney General Morgan by Assistant Attorney General Weathers for the State.\nJ. Dale Shepherd, Assistant Public Defender, Eighteenth Judicial District, for respondent appellant."
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