Following the appeal, the state filed a Petition for Discretionary Review (PDR) basically asking the Supreme Court to overturn the appeal. The Supreme Court had two choices. They could reject the PDR, like they did with the Brad Cooper case, and the appeal would stand and there would be a new trial. Or they could approve the PDR, which basically means that the Supreme Court of NC will review the appeal. Today they announced that they approved the PDR.
Now both sides need to file briefs and will need to argue the case in front of the Supreme Court. At that point, the Supreme Court will rule to a) uphold the entire appeal; b) uphold parts of the appeal and reject other parts; or c) reverse the entire appeal.
The biggest issue raised in the petition was how the Defense lawyers objected to the civil case being introduced during the trial. Basically, the defense didn't cite the NC statute forbidding it, and as a result, the state is arguing that this statute couldn't be used as part of the appeal (it was).
In terms of timeframe, this will probably take at least another six months to litigate. But the immediate impact is that the new trial is put on hold, and it may be overturned. Which means that JY will not be eligible for bail.