In North Carolina, one statutory pathway to discretionary review is showing that “the subject matter of the appeal has significant public interest.” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-31(c)(1). What better way to show the Court that the public cares than to have the public say so?
Do these factors sound vaguely familiar? Justice Ervin reminded the attendees that the Supreme Court has lots of experience analyzing requests for discretionary review under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-31’s PDR criteria. Showing that factors similar to the PDR standards are present in Rule 3.