Appellate Court Opinions

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16,109 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 370A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Brawley

Whether an indictment charging defendant with larceny of personal property from a named department store was fatally defective because it did not allege the type of entity from which the property was stolen.

, Supreme Court , 95A17 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. China

Kidnapping and first-degree sex offense; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss the kidnapping charge on grounds that no restraint apart from that involved in the sex offense occurred.

, Supreme Court , 455PA16 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
State v. Howell

Whether, after defendant's sentence for committing a Class 1 misdemeanor violation of the Controlled Substances Act was punished as a Class I felony under N.C.G.S. 90-95(e)(3), the trial court erred in sentencing defendant, an admitted habitual felon, as a Class E felon.

, Supreme Court , 126PA17 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
State v. Jacobs

Whether Rule of Evidence 412, the 'Rape Shield Law,' generally excludes evidence of an alleged victim's sexually transmitted diseases; whether the exception provided in Rule 412(b)(2) allows admission of such evidence in this case.

, Supreme Court , 335PA16 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Lee

Whether, at defendant's murder trial, the court committed plain error by declining to give certain jury instructions requested by defendant regarding 'no duty to retreat.'

, Supreme Court , 199A17 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Mostafavi

Whether an indictment charging defendant with obtaining property by false pretense was fatally defective.

, Supreme Court , 312A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
Vogler Reynolda Rd., LLC v. SCI N.C. Funeral Servs., Inc.

Appeal from final judgment of N.C. Business Court interpreting the termination date of a lease; whether the court erred in determining that the lessee failed to strictly comply with the Purchase Option in the Lease Agreement.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1101 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
In re: J.R.S. & Z.L.S.

Removal of parties from juvenile proceeding; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-401.1; Chapter 50 custody order; Grandparent custody; visitation; Best Interest determination.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1151 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
In re: Sharpe

wills and estates; pre-marital agreement; contract interpretation; waiver of spousal elective share; judicial notice; review of clerk's findings.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-796 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Jones

Traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; officer's testimony during motion to suppress hearing; crossing double yellow line on highway

, Court of Appeals , COA17-128 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Mathis

Double Jeopardy, mistrial, ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1243-2 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Shore

Rule 702; Daubert Standard; IAC, mistrial; NCGS 15A-1222

, Court of Appeals , COA17-384 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Smith

Order Recusing District Attorney; Trial court?s authority to disqualify or recuse a District Attorney