STATE v. ADAMS

No. 9412SC559.

470 S.E.2d 838 (1996)

STATE of North Carolina, v. Mary Clara ADAMS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Thomas B. Murphy, Associate Attorney General, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Gordon Widenhouse, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.


McGEE, Judge.

The determining issue on appeal is whether a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches in a criminal juvenile abuse proceeding after the filing of a civil abuse petition, even though there has been no formal criminal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment. Because of the parallel nature of the civil petition and the criminal charge and because both are based upon the same facts, we affirm the trial court's order...

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