Opinion
No. 86A02-2
04-14-2021
STATE of North Carolina v. Bryan Christopher BELL
Sandra Wallace-Smith, Assistant Attorney General, For State of N.C. Ernest R. Lee, District Attorney, For State of N.C. Michael R. Ramos, Attorney at Law, For Bell, Bryan Christopher. Dionne R. Gonder-Stanley, Attorney at Law, For Bell, Bryan Christopher. Ernie Lee, District Attorney, For State of N.C.
Sandra Wallace-Smith, Assistant Attorney General, For State of N.C.
Ernest R. Lee, District Attorney, For State of N.C.
Michael R. Ramos, Attorney at Law, For Bell, Bryan Christopher.
Dionne R. Gonder-Stanley, Attorney at Law, For Bell, Bryan Christopher.
Ernie Lee, District Attorney, For State of N.C.
SPECIAL ORDER
Defendant's petition for writ of certiorari is allowed as to the following issues:
I. Whether defendant preserved his claim that the prosecutor impermissibly struck a juror on the basis of gender.
II. If the claim is preserved, whether the trial court properly decided that there was no intentional gender discrimination, including whether the "dual motivation" standard applies.
III. If the claim is preserved and the trial court erred, is the record sufficient to rule on the merits, or should the matter be remanded to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing.
By order of the Court in Conference, this the 14th day of April, 2021.