Appellate Court Opinions

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, Court of Appeals , COA17-894 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
Linker v. Linker

Child custody; permanent custody order; modification; no motion filed; Woodring factors.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-389 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
Martin v. Pope

Obligation to renew motion for directed verdict at close of all evidence; Rule 59 new trial standard of review; Motion to disqualify counsel; Obligation to file appellant's brief in cross-appeal

, Court of Appeals , COA17-582 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
Messer v. Pollack

Findings of Fact, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1D-45, Punitive Damages, Frivolous and Malicious

, Court of Appeals , COA17-328 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Norman v. NC Dep't of Admin.

Summary judgment; Title VII; employment discrimination and retaliation; sexual harassment

, Court of Appeals , COA17-278 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
Parsons v. Parsons

Oral contract; N.C. Gen. Stat. 52-10; N.C. Gen. Stat. 22-2; Unjust enrichment

, Court of Appeals , COA17-308 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Spoor v. Barth

Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal based on statutes-of-limitation grounds; Rule 15(a) denial of a motion to amend on futility grounds; Rule 41(a) voluntary dismissal; Rule 10(c) incorporation by reference of individual claims to derivative claim; Rule 15(c) relation back; law-of-the-case doctrine

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1404-3 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v Campbell

Rule 2, fatal variance & indictment, motion to dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA17-478 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Unpublished
State v. Artis

Motion to Dismiss; Sufficiency of Evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA17-579 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Bridges

Possession of Controlled Substances, Evidence of Nature of Controlled Substance, Chemical Analysis, Defendant Admission of the Nature of a Controlled Substance, State's Burden of Proof

, Court of Appeals , COA17-818 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Brown

Batson violation; Peremptory strike; Authentication of evidence; Inadmissible testimony; Curative instruction.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-470 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Coley

PWISD marijuana; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence; 11.5 grams marijuana, digital scale, and sandwich bags; defective notice of appeal; North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure 4(a) and 21(a)

, Court of Appeals , COA17-350 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Cromartie

Resisting Public Officer; Sufficiency of Evidence; Double Jeopardy

, Court of Appeals , COA17-721 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Davis

Investigative Stop, Reasonable Suspicion, Contradictory Evidence, Findings of Fact, Reasonable Belief

, Court of Appeals , COA17-684 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Dorsey

Missing portions of trial transcript; prejudice standard; motion to dismiss; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury