Appellate Court Opinions

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2,650 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 64PA11 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v Starr

Whether the trial court complied with N.C.G.S. § 15A-1233(a) when it denied the jury's request to review certain trial testimony during its deliberations

, Supreme Court , 425A10 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v Williamson

Special Order
Denial of defendant's MAR following his felony convictions; whether defendant met his burden to establish newly discovered evidence meriting a new trial or dismissal of the charges against him; whether the trial court's order denying the MAR must be in writing

, Supreme Court , 390PA10 (Per Curiam) , Published
Amward Homes, Inc. v. Town of Cary

Whether the Town's general zoning power authorized it to impose a school impact fee on certain new residential development; whether the Town violated builder-plaintiffs' due process and equal protection rights; applicable statute of limitations

, Supreme Court , 260A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
Dobson v Substitute Tr. Servs., Inc.

Summary judgment; whether plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to dispute that defendant is the holder of plaintiff's promissory note thus requiring defendant's to submit additional evidence of ownership

, Supreme Court , 365PA10 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Yencer

Whether the Campus Police Act, as applied to defendant's conviction for driving while impaired, violates the Establishment Clause

, Supreme Court , 417PA10 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Cummings v. Ortega

Admissibility of juror affidavits to impeach jury verdict and grant plaintiff a new trial pursuant to Rule of Evidence 606 (b)

, Supreme Court , 496PA10 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Edwards

SBI lab's determination of weight of heroin recovered from defendant; denial of defendant's motion to continue; whether trial court erred in preventing defense counsel from questioning SBI analyst about national study done on forensic labs

, Supreme Court , 134A11 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Hill

Whether trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss a charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon based on insufficient evidence

, Supreme Court , 459PA10 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Marler

Whether defendant's confessions were improperly induced by hope; whether trial court should have intervened ex mero motu in the State's closing arguments

, Supreme Court , 94A11 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Moore

Court-ordered restitution as a condition of probation; whether sufficient evidence supported the amount of restitution awarded

, Supreme Court , 458PA10 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Nickerson

Whether unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is a lesser-included offense of felony possession of stolen goods

, Supreme Court , 327PA10 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Pastuer

Murder (noncapital); whether defendant's motions to dismiss should have been allowed because the State's evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime

, Supreme Court , 53A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
Treadway v. Diez

Relation back of amended complaint under N.C. R. Civ. P. 15(c); whether substituting the county sheriff as a party in lieu of the sheriff's department amended the claim or substituted a party-defendant

, Supreme Court , 52A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
Treadway v. Diez

Relation back of amended complaint under N.C.R. Civ. P. 15(c); whether substituting the county sheriff as a party in lieu of the sheriff's department amended the claim or substituted a party-defendant

, Supreme Court , 418A10 (Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson) , Published
Lee v. Gore

Whether deficiency in affidavit required to be completed by charging officer left DMV without authority to revoke petitioner's driving privileges under N.C.G.S. § 20-16.2

, Supreme Court , 409A10 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. Choudhry

Murder (noncapital); whether trial court adequately advised defendant of the possible consequences of his counsel's potential conflict of interest so that defendant knowingly waived his right to alternate representation