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  "name": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JOHN DAVIDSON WOODWARD",
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      "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JOHN DAVIDSON WOODWARD"
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    "opinions": [
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        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nIn reversing the judgment of the superior court which affirmed the order of the district court judge dismissing the case against the defendant for failure of the State to prosecute, the Court of Appeals held that the district court judge abused his discretion.\nThe test of whether a trial court has abused its discretion has been stated as follows:\nA ruling committed to the trial court\u2019s discretion is to be accorded great deference and will be upset only upon a showing that it was so arbitrary that it could not have been the result of a reasoned decision.\nWhite v. White, 312 N.C. 770, 324 S.E. 2d 829 (1985).\nApplying this test to the findings of fact entered by Judge Cashwell in entering his order of dismissal, we conclude that his ruling was not an abuse of discretion. We therefore reverse the Court of Appeals.\nReversed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Bode, Call & Green, by Howard S. Kohn, for defendant appellant.",
      "Lacy H. Thornburg, Attorney General, by Isaac T. Avery, III, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State appellee."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JOHN DAVIDSON WOODWARD\nNo. 353PA86\n(Filed 29 August 1986)\nBefore Battle, J., at the 24 June 1985 Session of Superior Court, WAKE County, the order of the District Court dismissing the citation charging defendant with Driving While Impaired was affirmed. Upon the State\u2019s appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of the Superior Court in a decision reported at 80 N.C. App. 725, 343 S.E. 2d 291 (1986). The defendant\u2019s petition under N.C.G.S. 7A-31 for discretionary review of the decision of the Court of Appeals was allowed on 28 August 1986.\nBode, Call & Green, by Howard S. Kohn, for defendant appellant.\nLacy H. Thornburg, Attorney General, by Isaac T. Avery, III, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State appellee."
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