THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 1993 Chief Justice JAMES G. EXUM, JR. ASSOCIATE JUSTICES LOUIS B. MEYER JOHN WEBB BURLEY B. MITCHELL, JR. WILLIS P. WHICHARD HENRY E. FRYE SARAH PARKER Retired Chief Justices SUSIE SHARP Retired Justices I. BEVERLY LAKE, SR. HARRY C. MARTIN J. FRANK HUSKINS I BEVERLY LAKE, JR. DAVID M. BRITT Clerk Christie Speir Cameron Librarian Louise H. Stafford ___________________ ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS Director James Drennan Assistant Director Dallas A. Cameron, Jr. ________ APPELLATE DIVISION REPORTER Ralph A. White, Jr. ASSISTANT APPELLATE DIVISION REPORTER H. James Hutcheson