Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

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32,354 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1076 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
Semelka v. The Univ. of NC

Judicial review, UNC Board of Governors, termination of a tenured professor, misconduct

, Court of Appeals , COA19-841 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Anderson

life sentence, parole, resentencing, de facto life sentence, life expectancy, concurrent, consecutive, motion for appropriate relief

, Court of Appeals , COA19-466 (Judge Linda McGee) , Unpublished
State v. Baker

motion to suppress; subaverage intellectual functioning; voluntariness of confession; Jury instruction

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1135 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Blake

structural error, reasonable doubt, role of jury, motion for appropriate relief

, Court of Appeals , COA19-365 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Bradsher

motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; obtaining property by false pretenses; acting in concert; constructive presence; hearsay; preservation; error in jury instruction; specific misrepresentation alleged in indictment

, Court of Appeals , COA19-318 (Judge Reuben Young) , Unpublished
State v. Clark

Satellite-based monitoring, Evidence of efficacy

, Court of Appeals , COA19-681 (Judge Christopher Brook) , Published
State v. Cobb

Fourth Amendment; motion to suppress evidence obtained during driving checkpoint; findings and conclusions required in support of trial court's denial of motion to suppress were deficient; appellate review of challenge to statutory procedure for checkpoints waived

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1087 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Conner

minor, life sentence, parole, consecutive sentences, satellite-based monitoring, Eighth Amendment 

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1030 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Delau

motion to suppress; invited error; lay witness opinion testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA20-18 (Judge Reuben Young) , Unpublished
State v. Elliott

Unanimous jury verdict, Jury instructions, Invited error

, Court of Appeals , COA20-221 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Fernandez

self defense, defense of habitation, jury instructions, immunity and criminal liability

, Court of Appeals , COA18-952-2 (Judge Reuben Young) , Published
State v. Harris

Satellite-based monitoring, Grady, Evidence of efficacy

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1051 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Humphreys

disorderly conduct; resisting a public officer; substantial interference with operation of a school; mere remonstration; willful and unlawful action

, Court of Appeals , COA19-561 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Inman

Hearsay, substantive evidence, corroborating evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA19-529-2 (Judge Christopher Brook) , Unpublished
State v. Johnson

equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; discriminatory enforcement and application of law; burden on challenger of stop and search to establish violation on equal protection grounds; discriminatory intent can be established by statistics but benchmarks are required to show whether statistics prove discriminatory intent

, Court of Appeals , COA19-938 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Lake

amendment of misdemeanor citation, subject matter jurisdiction