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    "judges": [
      "Judges MARTIN and GEER concur."
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      "IN THE MATTER OF: A.L."
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      {
        "text": "HUDSON, Judge.\nOn 29 October 2002, the court adjudicated juvenile A.L. delinquent upon a violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 14-177, which prohibits crime against nature. The juvenile was nine-years-old at the time of the hearing. On 8 December 2002, the court entered an order of disposition. As explained below, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.\nEvidence at the hearing tended to show that on 17 July 2002, A.L. was playing outside a neighbor\u2019s house with an unsupervised group of children ranging in age from eleven months to twelve years. An eleven-year-old child held the eleven-month-old baby on his lap, when A.L. asked the group of kids if anyone dared him to put his \u201cthing\u201d in the baby\u2019s mouth. Another boy said \u201cMe\u201d, whereupon A.L. unzipped his pants and placed his penis in the baby\u2019s mouth.\nThe Court of Appeals has limited jurisdiction to review final orders of the trial court in juvenile matters. Notice of appeal must be made in open court at the time of the hearing or in writing within ten days after the entry of the order. N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 7B-2602 (2003). Appealable final orders include \u201c[.a]ny order of disposition after an adjudication that a juvenile is delinquent or undisciplined.\u201d Id. \u201cThe statute does not authorize an appeal following the adjudicatory portion of the case.\u201d In re Pegram, 137 N.C. App. 382, 383, 527 S.E.2d 737, 738 (2000 (emphasis in original).\nIt is well established that \u201c[fjailure to give timely notice of appeal ... is jurisdictional, and an untimely attempt to appeal must be dismissed.\u201d In re Lynette H., 323 N.C. 598, 602, 374 S.E.2d 272, 274 (1988) (quoting Booth v. Utica Mutual Ins. Co., 308 N.C. 187, 189, 301 S.E.2d 98, 99-100 (1983)). Here, the juvenile\u2019s attorney filed a notice of appeal on 8 December 2002, following the hearing on disposition. The notice of appeal, however, refers only to the order entered 29 October 2002, with its \u201cfinding adjudication of delinquency,\u201d and mentions neither the disposition nor the order dated 8 December 2002. Since nothing in the record indicates that the order was appealed, we must conclude that we have no jurisdiction to review this matter. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal.\nDismissed.\nJudges MARTIN and GEER concur.",
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        "author": "HUDSON, Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney General Roy Cooper; by Assistant Attorney General Joan M. Cunningham, for the State.",
      "Joseph E. Kennedy, for juvenile-appellant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "IN THE MATTER OF: A.L.\nNo. COA03-696\n(Filed 7 September 2004)\nAppeal and Error\u2014 delinquency adjudication \u2014 disposition not appealed \u2014 jurisdiction\nAn appeal from a delinquency adjudication was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the notice of appeal was filed after the disposition hearing but referred only to the adjudication. Under N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7B-2602 (2003), appealable final orders in juvenile matters include orders of disposition after an adjudication, but the statute does not authorize appeals following the adjudicatory portion of the case. Nothing here indicates that the disposition order was appealed.\nAppeal by juvenile from finding of delinquency entered 29 October 2002 by Judge Elaine M. O\u2019Neal in the District Court in Durham County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 3 March 2004.\nAttorney General Roy Cooper; by Assistant Attorney General Joan M. Cunningham, for the State.\nJoseph E. Kennedy, for juvenile-appellant."
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