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        "text": "JACKSON, Judge.\nFrom the superior court\u2019s oral decision indicating its agreement with the district court\u2019s pre-trial indication pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, section 20-38.6(f), the State appeals. For the reasons stated below, we dismiss.\nOn 11 May 2007, at approximately 1:24 a.m., Officer S. Styron (\u201cOfficer Styron\u201d) arrested Nicholas Michael Rackley (\u201cdefendant\u201d) and charged him for the offense of driving while impaired. On 18 March 2008, defendant filed a pretrial motion to dismiss in Pitt County District Court. On 15 April 2008, the Honorable Charles M. Vincent, District Court Judge Presiding (\u201cJudge Vincent\u201d) made a preliminary determination pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, section 20-38.6(f) to grant defendant\u2019s motion. On 9 July 2008, Judge Vincent\u2019s order was reduced to writing and filed nunc pro tunc 15 April 2008.\nOn 23 April 2008, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, section 20-38.7(a), the State appealed Judge Vincent\u2019s order to Pitt County Superior Court, and on 11 July 2008, the matter came on for hearing before the Honorable John E. Nobles, Superior Court Judge presiding (\u201cJudge Nobles\u201d). By oral decision at the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Nobles stated his agreement with Judge Vincent\u2019s pretrial indication and incorporated the district court\u2019s findings of fact and conclusions of law. On 23 July 2008, the State appealed to this Court.\nOn appeal, the State asserts that its appeal properly lies with this Court pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, section 20-38.7(a) read in pari materia with section 15A-1432(e). We disagree.\nFor the reasons set forth in State v. Fowler, 197 N.C. App. 1, 6-7, 676 S.E.2d 523, 532 (2009), we dismiss the State\u2019s appeal as interlocutory. See also State v. Palmer, 197 N.C. App. 201, 203, 676 S.E.2d 559, 561 (2009) (citing Fowler, 197 N.C. N.C. App. at 11-12, 676 S.E.2d at 535). Because we dismiss the State\u2019s appeal as interlocutory, the issues presented by defendant\u2019s motion and whether the trial court properly ruled upon defendant\u2019s motion are matters not properly before us at this time. See Poore v. Poore, 201 N.C. 791, 792, 161 S.E. 532, 533 (1931) (\u201cIt is no part of the function of the courts, in the exercise of the judicial power vested in them by the Constitution, to give advisory opinions, or to answer moot questions, or to maintain a legal bureau for those who may chance to be interested, for the time being, in the pursuit of some academic matter.\u201d) (citations omitted). Notwithstanding that the instant appeal was filed prior to our decisions in Fowler and Palmer, in order to give immediate effect to our analysis in those opinions, we decline to issue a writ of certiorari pursuant to North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 21 to address the merits of the State\u2019s appeal. See N.C. R. App. P. 21 (2007).\nDismissed.\nJudges McGEE and ERVIN concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Assistant Attorney General Jess D. Mekeel, for the State.",
      "The Robinson Law Firm, RA., by Leslie S. Robinson, for defendant-appellee."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. NICHOLAS MICHAEL RACKLEY\nNo. COA09-15\n(Filed 20 October 2009)\nAppeal and Error\u2014 interlocutory orders \u2014 driving while impaired \u2014 superior court agreement with district court indication\nThe Court of Appeals dismissed as interlocutory the State\u2019s appeal from a superior court\u2019s oral decision indicating its agreement with the district court\u2019s pretrial indication of dismissal of a driving while impaired prosecution.\nAppeal by the State of North Carolina from an oral decision rendered 11 July 2008 by Judge John E. Nobles in Pitt County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 10 June 2009.\nAttorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Assistant Attorney General Jess D. Mekeel, for the State.\nThe Robinson Law Firm, RA., by Leslie S. Robinson, for defendant-appellee."
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