Appellate Court Opinions

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2,650 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 218A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Brown

Admissibility of pornographic material featuring incest at trial under Rules of Evidence 403 and 404; whether defendant was convicted of an aggravated offense under N.C.G.S. § 14-208.6(1a) and thus subject to lifetime satellite-based monitoring

, Supreme Court , 195PA11 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
State v. Hunt

Whether expert testimony is required to establish the extent of a victim's mental capacity to consent when a defendant is charged with second-degree sexual offense pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 14-27.5 and crime against nature pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 14-177

, Supreme Court , 279PA11 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Whitehead

MAR proceeding; whether a trial court can retroactively apply the Structured Sentencing Act to modify a criminal judgment entered under the Fair Sentencing Act

, Supreme Court , 183PA11 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Woodard

Whether it was reversible error for the trial court to require defendant to wear prison garb during his first day of trial

, Supreme Court , 111PA11 (Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson) , Published
Wally v. City of Kannapolis

Whether City's zoning of a newly annexed tract of land (1) was illegal spot zoning and (2) complied with N.C.G.S. § 160A-383

, Supreme Court , 457A11 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Willis v. Willis

Action to reform a purported gift deed based upon the Grantor's unilateral mistake; whether the trial court erred in granting defendants' motion for directed verdict in their favor

, Supreme Court , 300A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
Cobb v. Town of Blowing Rock

Whether the trial court erroneously instructed the jury on the standard of care owed by a landowner to a child who was injured by a natural condition on the landowner's property

, Supreme Court , 216PA11 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re Dist. Admin. Order

Chief district court judge's authority to prohibit operation of a special traffic court established by the district attorney

, Supreme Court , 11A11 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
In re Foreclosure of Vogler Realty, Inc.

Authority of clerk of superior court to determine reasonableness of attorney's fees that trustee-attorney in foreclosure proceeding pays to himself in addition to trustee's commission

, Supreme Court , 235PA11 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re J.R.V.

Delinquency adjudication proceeding; whether the trial court's violation of the juvenile's rights under N.C.G.S. § 7B-2405(4) was prejudicial

, Supreme Court , 148PA11 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re M.I.W.

Whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction over a termination of parental rights proceeding filed while an appeal from an earlier custody order was pending when TPR hearings were not held until after that appeal was decided; application of 2005 amendments to N.C.G.S. § 7B-1003

, Supreme Court , 299A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Burke

Motion to suppress; whether police officer had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle

, Supreme Court , 33A11 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. Mbacke

Warrantless search of defendant's vehicle following his arrest for carrying a concealed gun; application of U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Arizona v. Gant

, Supreme Court , 242A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
Orr v Calvert

Whether plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty claim is barred by the statute of limitations

, Supreme Court , 479PA10 (Justice Sarah Parker) , Published
State v Nabors

Sufficiency of evidence as to identity of controlled substance where defendant's witness testified it was cocaine

, Supreme Court , 258A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v Slaughter

Sufficiency of evidence that defendant constructively possessed marijuana and drug paraphernalia