MATTER OF PALMER

No. 7725SC742.

245 S.E.2d 791 (1978)

37 N.C. App. 220

In the Matter of the Suspension of the Right to Practice Law of William Cornelius PALMER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. James L. Blackburn and Asst. Atty. Gen. Joan H. Byers, Raleigh, for the State.

McElwee, Hall & McElwee by William H. McElwee, III, North Wilkesboro, and Robert A. Melott, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


HEDRICK, Judge.

Our initial inquiry is directed to the question of whether the State can obtain by appeal or writ of certiorari appellate review of a judicial disbarment proceeding.

As frequently stated by the courts of this State, appellate review is not an inherent right but is derived from statute. In re Assessment of Sales Tax, 259 N.C. 589, 131 S.E.2d 441 (1963). Furthermore, the...

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