COPELAND, Justice.
The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether a trial judge has the authority and responsibility to schedule a matter for hearing or whether all authority and responsibility for scheduling hearings on post-conviction motions rest with the district attorney's office.
G.S. 7A-61 provides that the district attorney "shall prepare the trial dockets." However, that statute does not mean that a judge is without authority to schedule a matter...
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