Appellate Court Opinions

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, Supreme Court , 36A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Franklin

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized from a traffic stop; whether the stop was pretextual and in duration unreasonable.

, Supreme Court , 172A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
Wind v. City of Gastonia

Whether defendant?s employee is entitled to a complete, unredacted copy of all documents in his personnel file related to complaints filed against him; statutory interpretation of N.C.G.S. ' 160A-168

, Supreme Court , 35PA12 (Per Curiam) , Published
Chandler v. Atl. Scrap & Processing

Workers' Compensation; when the Industrial Commission does not preapprove attendant care, whether the lack of such preapproval bars an employee from being reimbursed for retroactive attendant care services

, Supreme Court , 424A12 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
Green v. Freeman

Suit by investors to recover money lost in a business venture; liability of one individual defendant based on breach of fiduciary duty and piercing the corporate veil

, Supreme Court , 5PA12-2 (Per Curiam) , Published
Hoke Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v State

Whether the constitutional right to a sound basic education requires the State to provide access to prekindergarten programs for all eligible, at-risk four year olds

, Supreme Court , 29A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
Johnston v. State

Whether the North Carolina Felony Firearms Act, which bars certain felons from possessing firearms anywhere, is unconstitutional as applied to plaintiff

, Supreme Court , 24PA12 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Mehaffey v. Burger King

Workers' Compensation; when the Industrial Commission does not preapprove attendant care, whether the lack of such preapproval bars an employee from being reimbursed for retroactive attendant care services

, Supreme Court , 57PA12-2 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Cox

Appeal from defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon; whether the State presented sufficient evidence to corroborate defendant's confession.

, Supreme Court , 380A11-2 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Heien

On remand: motion to suppress; whether an initial stop by a police officer for a vehicle equipment violation had become consensual when defendant consented to a search of his vehicle

, Supreme Court , 499PA12 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Huss

Appeal from defendant's convictions for first-degree kidnapping, second-degree rape, and second-degree sexual offense; whether the State proved that the victim was physically helpless, as required under N.C.G.S. ?? 14-27.3(a)(2) and 14-27.5(a)(2)

, Supreme Court , 415PA12 (Per Curiam) , Published
Tyndall v. Ford Motor Co.

Products liability action; whether an appellate court has jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal from a trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss based on a statute of repose; determination of which statute of repose applies to the instant action

, Supreme Court , 123A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
Green v. Kearney

Whether plaintiffs whose claims were dismissed with prejudice before a final judgment was taken as to all parties should be liable for payment of costs of defending the action that were incurred after their claim was dismissed; N.C. R. Civ. P. 54(b)

, Supreme Court , 31A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Hester

Whether the trial court committed plain error in admitting lay testimony identifying defendant as the perpetrator of a crime based primarily on original surveillance video footage not introduced at trial

, Supreme Court , 26A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. McDaris

Whether there was a fatal variance between the indictment under which defendant was charged and the trial court's instructions to the jury

, Supreme Court , 52A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. McKenzie

Whether a DWI charge should be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds because of DMV's previous one-year suspension of defendant's commercial driver?s license following his arrest for DWI

, Supreme Court , 203PA12 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Pizano-Trejo

Plain error review; whether a defendant convicted of first-degree statutory sexual offense with a child under N.C.G.S. ? 14-27.4(a)(1) should have that conviction vacated because of a variance between the language in the indictment and in the trial court's instructions to the jury

, Supreme Court , 8A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Rollins

Denial of defendant's MAR following his convictions; whether the trial court abused its discretion by not holding an evidentiary hearing to consider defendant's claim that he did not receive a fair trial because of juror misconduct