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 , COA19-115 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. McCants

Post-Release Supervision, Warrantless search, conditions, Fourth Amendment, Statutory Construction

, Court of Appeals , COA19-819 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Unpublished
State v. McNeill

Motion to Suppress; Search Warrant; Affidavit; Probable Cause.

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1083 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Miller

Evidentiary challenge; plain error; expert testimony; Rule 702; harmless error; jury instruction on flight

, Court of Appeals , COA20-89 (Judge Linda McGee) , Unpublished
State v. Nykamp

N.C. Gen. State 15A-1342(a4), conditional discharge, revocation of disharge, sufficient written findings of fact, willful failure to comply, probation term longer than presumptive

, Court of Appeals , COA19-515 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Owens

Jury instructions, lesser included offense, plain error

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1057 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Perez

petition for writ of certiorari, lifetime SBM, duplicative court costs

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1024 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Pouncey

petition for writ of certiorari; guilty plea; Anders brief; pro se brief

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1149 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Robinson

Expert witness, vouching, truthfulness, satellite-based monitoring

, Court of Appeals , COA19-425 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Stephens

Self defense instruction, initial aggressor, regain right to self-defense

, Court of Appeals , COA20-240 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Tarrance

capacity to stand trial; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1002; remand for competency hearing

, Court of Appeals , COA19-594 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Thomas

witness impeachment; prior inconsistent statements; issue preservation; invited error; doctrine of recent possession

, Court of Appeals , COA18-1286 (Judge Christopher Brook) , Published
State v. Tripp

constitutionality of warrantless search of an occupant of property for which a valid search warrant exists; the defendant did not qualify as an occupant because he did not pose a threat to safe execution of warrant; no reasonable suspicion supported warrantless frisk of the defendant for officer safety; inevitable discovery doctrine did not cure unlawful search and allow admission of seized evidence where the state failed to demonstrate arrest of defendant in the course of executing warrant was probable; correction of clerical errors in judgments was required where judgments did not reflect sentence rendered in open court

, Court of Appeals , COA18-32-2 (Judge Reuben Young) , Unpublished
State v. W.brook

Satellite-Based Monitoring, Grady, Evidence of Efficacy

, Court of Appeals , COA18-39-2 (Judge Reuben Young) , Unpublished
State v. White

Satellite-Based Monitoring, Grady, Evidence of Efficacy

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1085 (Judge Linda McGee) , Unpublished
State v. Whiting

Batson hearing, closed courtroom, Rule 404(b)

, Court of Appeals , COA19-979 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Woolard

instructional error; motion to dismiss; restitution

, Court of Appeals , COA20-160 (Judge Reuben Young) , Unpublished
Taylor v. Bank of Am., N.A.

Motion to Dismiss, Summary Judgment, Statute of Limitations, Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel, Motion to Amend