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      "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES RUSSELL SMITH"
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed and this case is remanded to that court to address the remaining assignments of error.\nREVERSED AND REMANDED.",
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        "author": "PER CURIAM."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Steven M. Arbogast, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant.",
      "Miles & Montgomery, by Mark Montgomery, for defendantappellee."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES RUSSELL SMITH\nNo. 521A01\n(Filed 7 March 2002)\nHomicide\u2014 second-degree murder \u2014 death of child \u2014 shaking and blunt force injuries \u2014 malice\nA decision of the Court of Appeals holding that evidence on the issue of malice was not substantial enough to withstand defendant\u2019s motion to dismiss a charge of second-degree murder of his two-year old stepdaughter was reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals that evidence that injuries to the child\u2019s head and brain were caused by violent shaking and a blunt force injury to the head was sufficient to support the jury\u2019s conclusion that defendant acted with malice and to sustain defendant\u2019s conviction of second-degree murder.\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 146 N.C. App. 1, 551 S.E.2d 889 (2001), reversing and remanding a judgment entered 15 December 1999 by Allen (J.B., Jr.), J. in Superior Court, Orange County. Heard in the Supreme Court 12 February 2002.\nRoy Cooper, Attorney General, by Steven M. Arbogast, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant.\nMiles & Montgomery, by Mark Montgomery, for defendantappellee."
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