Opinion
Filed 2 October 1997
Order Adopting Amendment to Rule 4 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure
Rule 4(d) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(d) To Which Appellate Court Addressed. An appeal of right from a judgment of a superior court by any person who has been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to [life imprisonment or] death shall be filed in the Supreme court. In all other criminal cases, appeal shall be filed in the Court of Appeals.
Adopted by the Court in Conference this 2nd day of October 1997. This amendment shall be promulgated by publication in the Advance Sheets of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. This amendment shall also be published as quickly as practical on the North Carolina Judicial Branch of Government Internet Home Page (http://www.aoc.state.nc.us).
Orr, J. For the Court