Appellate Court Opinions

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, Supreme Court , 27PA16 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Jones

Whether the State failed to prove the 'trespassory taking' element required for a conviction for felonious larceny.

, Supreme Court , 97A16 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Knight

Admissibility of statements that defendant made to police after he was taken into custody; whether defendant made a knowing and voluntary waiver of his Miranda rights; whether admission of the statements was error and, if so, whether the error was prejudicial.

, Supreme Court , 213PA16 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. McKiver

Whether the trial court's admission of potentially incriminating information obtained from an anonymous 911 caller who did not testify at trial violated defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

, Supreme Court , 113PA16 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Miller

As-applied constitutional challenge to N.C.G.S. 90-95(d1)(1)(c), which makes it illegal for any person previously convicted of possessing or manufacturing methamphetamine to possess a pseudoephedrine product.

, Supreme Court , 199PA16 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Romano

Admissibility of blood test evidence obtained in DWI case; application of U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in Birchfield v. North Dakota and Missouri v. McNeely to N.C.G.S. 20-16.2(b), permitting warrantless testing of an unconscious person an officer reasonably believes to have committed an implied-consent offense.

, Supreme Court , 18A14-2 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Todd

Appeal from Court of Appeals' decision reversing the trial court's denial of defendant's motion for appropriate relief (MAR) following his conviction for armed robbery; whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction under N.C.G.S. 7A-28(a), 7A-30(2), and 15A-1422(f) to hear and decide the State's appeal from the Court of Appeals' decision on the MAR.

, Supreme Court , 168A16 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
Stokes v. Crumpton

Interlocutory appeal from trial court's order denying plaintiff's motion to allow discovery in conjunction with a pending motion to vacate a previous arbitration award and court order and judgment incorporating the terms thereof; whether the trial court's denial of the discovery request implicated a substantial right and thus entitled plaintiff to immediate appellate review of the order.

, Supreme Court , 230A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
Town of Beech Mountain v. Genesis Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc.

Appeal from trial court's denial of plaintiff's motions for directed verdict and JNOV after a jury found that plaintiff violated defendant's substantive due process rights; whether an ordinance adopted by plaintiff was invalid on its face or as applied to defendant.

, Supreme Court , 229PA16 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
U.S. Bank v. Pinkney

Whether exhibits attached to plaintiff's complaint, which indicate a missing indorsement on the allonge attached to the underlying promissory note, defeat plaintiff's claim for judicial foreclosure as a matter of law.

, Supreme Court , 368PA15 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Wilkes v. City of Greenville

Workers' Compensation; whether a worker for whom the employer admitted compensability for physical injuries sustained on the job can later recover medical compensation for treatment of anxiety and depression; whether the worker is entitled to continued payment of temporary total disability benefits.

, Supreme Court , 370A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re: J.L.

Review of recommendation for censure.

, Supreme Court , 392PA13-3 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Walston

Whether the trial court erred in excluding defense expert testimony challenging the credibility of two girls who alleged defendant sexually abused them many years earlier; application of Rules of Evidence 702 and 403 and State v. Robertson.

, Supreme Court , 289PA15 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
United Cmty. Bank (Ga.) v. Wolfe

Following nonjudicial foreclosure by power of sale, whether defendants' affidavit giving their personal opinion on the true value of the foreclosed property was sufficient, standing alone, to establish a genuine issue of material fact, making summary judgment for the Bank inappropriate.

, Supreme Court , 87A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re Hughes

Appeal from Industrial Commission's denial of benefits under the N.C. Eugenics Compensation Program based on deceased claimant's constitutional challenge to a statutory requirement to qualify for the Program; whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over the appeal; application of N.C.G.S. 1-267.1(a1).

, Supreme Court , 86A16 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
In re Redmond

Appeal from Industrial Commission's denial of benefits under the N.C. Eugenics Compensation Program based on deceased claimant's constitutional challenge to a statutory requirement to qualify for the Program; whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over the appeal; application of N.C.G.S. 1-267.1(a1).

, Supreme Court , 88A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re Smith

Appeal from Industrial Commission's denial of benefits under the N.C. Eugenics Compensation Program based on deceased claimant's constitutional challenge to a statutory requirement to qualify for the Program; whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over the appeal; application of N.C.G.S. 1-267.1(a1).

, Supreme Court , 155A16 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.

Dispute between bank that made a construction loan to a developer and the company that issued payment and performance bonds to a contractor who was not paid for his work; whether certain issues decided by a jury in a previous action between the contractor, who was in privity with the bond company, and the bank, coupled with statements made by the bond company's counsel to the court in the prior action, barred the bond company's claims in a later action raising the same issues; application of judicial estoppel.

, Supreme Court , 173A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Stith

Whether the trial court erred in allowing the State to amend an indictment at the start of trial; application of N.C.G.S. 15A-923(e); whether the amendment was material.