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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16,053 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA12-531 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Published
State v Banks

Motion for Appropriate Relief; Double Jeopardy; Legislative Intent

, Court of Appeals , COA12-675 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v Boone

Probation revocation; Sufficiency of the evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA12-565 (Judge Sanford Steelman) , Published
State v Crawford

Calculation of prior record level; ineffective assistance of counsel; sufficiency of factual basis to support a guilty plea.

, Court of Appeals , COA12-153 (Judge Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v Gray

Conflict of Interest;
Refusal to Waive Conflict;
Lack of Inquiry

, Court of Appeals , COA12-794 (Judge Linda Stephens) , Published
State v Lovette

Jury voir dire; mandatory sentences for juveniles

, Court of Appeals , COA12-809 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v Smith

Resisting a public officer; Unlawful arrest; Motion for mistrial

, Court of Appeals , COA12-810 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v Stokes

second degree kidnapping; removal of few feet

, Court of Appeals , COA12-869 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
State v Wilkins

Possession of Firearm by Felon; Indictment; Habitual Felon

, Court of Appeals , COA12-954 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v Wilson

Motion to Suppress-Impermissibly suggestive identification procedure, Eyewitness Identification Reform Act

, Supreme Court , 522A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
Baysden v. State

Whether the North Carolina Felony Firearms Act, which bars certain felons from possessing firearms anywhere, is unconstitutional as-applied to plaintiff.

, Supreme Court , 201PA12 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Dickson v. Rucho

Whether communications between legislators and attorneys from private firms regarding the 2011 congressional and legislative redistricting plans are protected from discovery by the attorney-client, work-product, or legislative privileges

, Supreme Court , 128A12 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
In re Ocean Isle Palms LLC

Whether Property Tax Commission erred in granting summary judgment for taxpayer and concluding that no grounds existed under N.C.G.S. ? 105-287(a) for county to revalue taxpayer's real property during a year in which a general reappraisal was not made

, Supreme Court , 89A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
Jones v. Whimper

Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; application of N.C.G.S. ?? 50A-110 and 50A-206, governing communications between trial courts when simultaneous child custody proceedings are pending in North Carolina and another State

, Supreme Court , 294A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
Micro Capital Investors, Inc. v. Broyhill Furn. Indus., Inc.

Whether a contractual provision requiring defendant to pay one-fourth of the cost of providing heat to premises shared with plaintiff is so vague as to be unenforceable; whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant

, Supreme Court , 301A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Carver

First-degree murder (noncapital); whether defendant's motion to dismiss should have been allowed because the State's evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime

, Supreme Court , 279A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
Topp v. Big Rock Found., Inc.

Change of venue; Denial of plaintiff's motion to recuse trial judge who granted summary judgment in defendants' favor; Judicial review of a private organization's decision to disqualify a participant for violating its tournament rules