Appellate Court Opinions

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16,131 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA19-894 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Anthony

Carrying a concealed weapon; possession of a firearm by a felon; possession of weapon on educational property; habitual felon; motion to suppress; failure to preserve; failure to move to strike testimony; ineffective assistance of counsel.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-19 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Canady

Sentencing - N.C. Gen. Stat. ? 90-95(a)-(b); conviction for sale or delivery of cocaine

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1170 (Judge Christopher Brook) , Published
State v. High

plea bargains; recission of plea bargain based on incorrect prior record level determination

, Court of Appeals , COA19-454 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Stubbs

caretaker of elder adult; domestic setting; caretaker neglect; failure to provide care

, Court of Appeals , COA19-761 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Weldy

insufficient evidence that vehicle was kept or maintained under N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-108(a)(7); insufficient evidence of keeping or selling controlled substances under N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-108(a)(7);

, Court of Appeals , COA18-873 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
Lippard v. Holleman

Ecclesiastical Entanglement Doctrine; Defamation; First Amendment

, Court of Appeals , COA19-610 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Galloway

Procedural mechanism to build record for challenge to calculation of jail credit

, Court of Appeals , COA19-995 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Gantt

probation revocation, notice, absconding

, Court of Appeals , COA19-734 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Grappo

jury instruction; statutory violation; prejudicial error

, Court of Appeals , COA19-313 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Hauser

Obtaining Property by False Pretenses; Motion for Mistrial; Clerical Error; Limiting Instruction

, Court of Appeals , COA19-226 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Hilton

satellite-based monitoring; SBM; unreasonable search; post-release supervision; de novo; aggravated offense; sexual offense; recidivist; constitutional; as applied; facial challenge; sex crimes; expectation of privacy; Fourth Amendment; reasonableness of a search; warrantless search; totality of the circumstances; sex offenders; ; State supervision; privacy interests; intrusion of privacy interests; legitimate governmental interests; absconding violations; post-release supervision; callback hearing; general warrant

, Court of Appeals , COA19-358 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Lynch

life without parole; first-degree murder; robbery with a dangerous weapon; assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill inflicting serious injury; involuntary confession; extrajudicial confession; induced hope or fear; totality of the circumstances; question of law; threats; promises; de novo; incriminating statements; Fifth Amendment; voluntariness of a confession; leniency; lesser sentence; constitutional error; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; accomplice; prejudicial error review

, Court of Appeals , COA19-595 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Oldroyd

fatally defective indictment; attempted armed robbery; repudiating a plea agreement

, Court of Appeals , COA19-848 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Russell

consent to assault, AISBI, jury instructions