Appellate Court Opinions

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32,354 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA22-134 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
In re M.A.C., N.G.C., C.A.B.C.

Rule 3.1; neglected juveniles; appellate jurisdiction; elimination of reunification from permanent plan; findings of fact

, Court of Appeals , COA22-190 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
In re: D.S.

neglect, dependency, adjudication, juvenile, Rule 3.1

, Court of Appeals , COA21-709 (Judge April Wood) , Published
Kelly v. State of N.C.

Opportunity Scholarship Program; Lower-income families may receive scholarships from the State to attend private school; Constitutional challenge; As-applied challenge; Facial challenge; Subject matter jurisdiction; Breadth of the remedy requested, not what is pleaded in the complaint, is controlling in determining whether the challenge is facial or as-applied.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-109 (Judge April Wood) , Published
Ladd v. Funderburk

Governmental immunity; Qualified immunity; Governmental in nature vs. Proprietary in nature; N.C. Gen. Stat § 160A-296; Affirmative duty; Roadway obstructions; Tree ordinance; Waiver of governmental immunity; Liability insurance; Insurance policy effect on the defense of governmental immunity; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-435; Summary judgment.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-770 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
Maher Mohd Ali El-Hatto v. Hasan Mohammad Ali El-Hatto

Property distribution agreement; Applicability of foreign law; Constructive trust; Implied constructive trust; Express trust; General warranty deed; Land contract; Chain of title; Ownership of property.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-199 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
Mangum v. WRAL-5 News

Dismissal; pro se appellant; substantial failure to comply with the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure; default under non-jurisdictional Rules 3, 9, 26, and 28.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-588 (Judge April Wood) , Published
N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., Inc. v. Carpenter

Legionnaire's Disease; Insurance Policy's Fungi or Bacteria Exclusion; Insurance Policy's Consumption Exception; Summary judgment; Interlocutory appeal; Construction and interpretation of an insurance contract is a question of law; Insurer's duty to defend; Duty to indemnify.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-30 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
Neeley v. Fields

Legal malpractice; easements of record; construction of deeds

, Court of Appeals , COA21-788 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Aaron Harrison

Assault inflicting serious bodily injury; sufficiency of evidence of serious bodily injury

, Court of Appeals , COA21-620 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Booth

no plain error where an officer testified to the contents of a search warrant and the search warrant/affidavit were entered into evidence; motion to dismiss properly denied where there was sufficient evidence that the green leafy substance seized was marijuana

, Court of Appeals , COA21-701 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
State v. Eagle

officer approaching the defendant in police cruiser with blue lights flashing while blocking the only way for the defendant to leave was not a situation in which a reasonable person would feel free to leave and constituted a seizure under the Fourth Amendment

, Court of Appeals , COA17-386-3 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Griffin

Satellite-Based Monitoring; Term of Years; Mental, Physical, or Sexual Abuse of a Minor; Fourth Amendment Reasonableness

, Court of Appeals , COA22-163 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Guice

First Amendment, true threats, communicating threats, subjective component.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-126 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Hunter

motion to suppress properly denied where officer shined flashlight into vehicle and seized a plastic baggie of contraband in plain view; officer's subjective motive for a stop has no bearing in Fourth Amendment analysis