IN RE OWENS

Smith Helms Mulliss Moore, L.L.P., by Jonathan E. Buchan, T. Jonathan Adams, and James G. Exum, Jr., for appellant Sarah Owens. Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Norma S. Harrell, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellee. Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey Leonard, L.L.P., by Mark J. Prak, on behalf of the Associated Press; the New York Times Company; North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, Inc.; and North Carolina Press Association, Inc., amici curiae.