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State v. Eagle
officer approaching the defendant in police cruiser with blue lights flashing while blocking the only way for the defendant to leave was not a situation in which a reasonable person would feel free to leave and constituted a seizure under the Fourth Amendment
State v. Griffin
Satellite-Based Monitoring; Term of Years; Mental, Physical, or Sexual Abuse of a Minor; Fourth Amendment Reasonableness
State v. Guice
First Amendment, true threats, communicating threats, subjective component.
State v. Hunter
motion to suppress properly denied where officer shined flashlight into vehicle and seized a plastic baggie of contraband in plain view; officer's subjective motive for a stop has no bearing in Fourth Amendment analysis
State v. Mason
expert opinion; Rule 702(a); lay opinion; self-defense
State v. Steele
admission of evidence; interfering or intimidating a witness
State v. Watson
expert testimony; non-testifying expert testimony is admissible as the basis of testifying expert's opinion; officer testifying about HGN may not specify to specific alcohol concentration
Waters v. Pumphrey
summary judgment, retaliatory eviction, protected act, summary ejectment, notice to vacate
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed October 4, 2022
Gouch v. Rotunno
Lack of meaningful appellate review; Failure to include transcript; Written Order Controls; Jurisdiction; Rule 12(b)(2); Rule 12(b)(6).
In re: A.O.
Juvenile petition; Self-incrimination; Privilege against self-incrimination; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2405; 5th Amendment.
In re: Simmons
Foreclosure, NC. R. Civ. P. 60(b); void order; trustee neutrality; notice of neutrality.
Lannan v. Bd. of Governors of the Univ. of N.C.
sovereign immunity, implied-in-fact contract, 12(b)(6), Corum
State v. Freeman
petition for writ of certiorari, structured sentencing act, mitigating factors, presumptive range
State v. Parker
motion to suppress, public vehicular area, probable cause, plain smell, plain view
State v. Singleton
second degree rape, essential element, defective indictment, first degree kidnapping
State v. Sisk
Jury instructions, clear and positive evidence of completed larceny; lack of sufficient evidence of lesser included offense.
Sulier v. Veneskey
child custody; UCCJEA jurisdiction; person acting as a parent; constitutionally protected status of a natural parent
Sulier v. Veneskey
child custody; UCCJEA jurisdiction; person acting as a parent; constitutionally protected status of a natural parent