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  "name": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JERRY LEE BALLARD",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Ballard",
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    "judges": [
      "Justice Wynn did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JERRY LEE BALLARD"
    ],
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      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion for the Court of Appeals by Martin (John C.), J., the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. We conclude that defendant\u2019s petition for discretionary review as to additional issues was improvidently allowed.\nREVERSED IN PART; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED IN PART.\nJustice Wynn did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.",
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        "author": "PER CURIAM."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Reuben F. Young, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.",
      "Belser & Parke, P.A., by David G. Belser, for defendant-appellant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JERRY LEE BALLARD\nNo. 488A97\n(Filed 6 November 1998)\nCriminal Law \u00a7 1095 (NCI4th Rev.)\u2014 second-degree murder\u2014 automobile accident \u2014 aggravating factor \u2014 position of trust or confidence \u2014 insufficient evidence\nThe evidence was insufficient to support the trial court\u2019s finding of the aggravating factor that defendant took advantage of a position of trust or confidence to commit the offense of second-degree murder arising from the death of a twelve-year-old child in an automobile accident while defendant was intoxicated and being pursued by a deputy sheriff.\nAppeal by defendant pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 127 N.C. App. 316, 489 S.E.2d 454 (1997), finding no prejudicial error in a judgment entered by Johnson (Marcus), J., on 5 June 1996 in Superior Court, Buncombe County. On 10 March 1998, the Supreme Court allowed discretionary review of additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court 30 September 1998.\nMichael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Reuben F. Young, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.\nBelser & Parke, P.A., by David G. Belser, for defendant-appellant."
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