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      "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. THOMAS HOWARD DUNCAN"
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        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of the Court of Appeals, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed and that court is instructed to reinstate the judgment of the trial court. Discretionary review of the additional issue was improvidently allowed. Defendant\u2019s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is dismissed without prejudice to his right to raise that issue by filing a motion for appropriate relief in the superior court.\nREVERSED; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by John G. Barnwell, Assistant Attorney General, and Jonathan R Babb, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant.",
      "Center for Death Penalty Litigation, by Lisa Miles, for defendant-appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. THOMAS HOWARD DUNCAN\nNo. 91A08\n(Filed 12 December 2008)\nConstitutional Law\u2014 effective assistance of counsel \u2014 failure to request diminished capacity instruction \u2014 motion for appropriate relief\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals that defense counsel\u2019s failure to request an instruction on diminished capacity in a first-degree murder trial constituted ineffective assistance of counsel was reversed for the reason stated in the dissenting opinion that the ineffective assistance of counsel claim should be dismissed without prejudice so as to allow defendant to reassert that claim in a subsequent motion for appropriate relief proceeding in which defense counsel\u2019s trial strategy may be considered.\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 188 N.C. App. 508, 656 S.E.2d 597 (2008), vacating a judgment entered on 28 June 2006 by Judge Gary E. Trawick in Superior Court, Brunswick County, and remanding for a new trial. On 11 June 2008, the Supreme Court allowed the State\u2019s petition for discretionary review of an additional issue. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 November 2008.\nRoy Cooper, Attorney General, by John G. Barnwell, Assistant Attorney General, and Jonathan R Babb, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant.\nCenter for Death Penalty Litigation, by Lisa Miles, for defendant-appellee."
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