Appellate Court Opinions

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2,650 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 80A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Wilkes

Whether defendant's motion to dismiss one of two felony assault charges against him should have been allowed because the charges stemmed from one continuous transaction

, Supreme Court , 156A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
Walters v. Cooper

Whether plaintiff, who received a prayer for judgment continued with conditions after pleading guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery, received a final judgment making him subject to the N.C. Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program

, Supreme Court , 275PA11 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Brent

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert witness gave her opinion, based on the testing performed by a non-testifying chemical analyst, that the substance was cocaine.

, Supreme Court , 235PA10 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. Brewington

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying a substance as cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

, Supreme Court , 322PA10 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
State v. Craven

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying substances as cocaine testified to the results of chemical analyses done by non-testifying chemists

, Supreme Court , 141PA10 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Hough

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying substances as marijuana and cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

, Supreme Court , 505PA10 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Hurt

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights apply to testimony before a jury in a noncapital sentencing proceeding

, Supreme Court , 329PA11 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Ortiz-Zape

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert witness gave her opinion, based on the testing performed by a non-testifying chemical analyst, that the substance was cocaine.

, Supreme Court , 533PA10 (Justice Sarah Parker) , Published
State v. Williams

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying a substance as cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

, Supreme Court , 161A12 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Applewood Props., LLC v. New S. Props., LLC

Whether an injured person may bring a civil action against a defendant pursuant to the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973's civil relief provision when the defendant has received notices of non-compliance, but has not been charged with a violation of a relevant law, rule, order, or erosion and sedimentation control plan.

, Supreme Court , 409A12 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
Bridges v. Parrish

Whether an action based on defendants' negligent storage of a firearm used by their 52-year-old adult son to shoot plaintiff should be dismissed for failure to state a claim

, Supreme Court , 450PA12 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Duncan v. Duncan

Divorce proceedings; appeal from series of orders resolving all issues except attorney's fees; Court of Appeals' dismissal of the appeal as interlocutory

, Supreme Court , 9A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
Garrett v. Burris

Divorce action by North Carolina resident; application of Texas law to determine whether the parties met all requirements for a common law marriage in Texas

, Supreme Court , 460A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
John Conner Constr., Inc. v. Grandfather Holding Co., LLC

Materialman's lien statute; whether a person who had no legal or equitable interest in real property when the services at issue were contracted for, but later purchased the property, can be an owner for purposes of section 44A-8

, Supreme Court , 25A13 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
Minor v. Minor

Summary ejectment action; counterclaim by defendant based on adverse possession; whether the trial court committed reversible error when it declined to instruct jurors that they could find that defendant possessed part, but not all, of the property at issue