Appellate Court Opinions

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15,488 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-758 (Judge April Wood) , Published
State v. Eddings

Motion to suppress; findings of fact; conclusions of law; search warrant; search warrant affidavit; probable cause; nexus; Fourth Amendment; fentanyl

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1171 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Garrett

N.C.G.S. ? 15A-954; motion to dismiss; due process; equal protection; cruel and unusual punishment; Raise the Age; juvenile tried as adult.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-173 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Jones

present recollection refreshed, prior consistent statement, jury instructions, plain error, clerical error

, Court of Appeals , COA20-764 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Lane

GPS tracking order, trafficking heroin, motion to suppress, non-owner of vehicle, probable cause, standing, common law trespass, reasonable expectation of privacy.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-850 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Rodriguez

Second-degree forcible rape; Relevant evidence under Rule of Evidence 401; Prior Bad Acts under Rule of Evidence 404(b); Rule of Evidence 403

, Court of Appeals , COA20-170 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Royster

Reasonable articulable suspicion; anonymous tip, totality of the circumstances; investigatory stop; prior charge; flight; reaching.

, Supreme Court , 429A20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
Bandy v. A Perfect Fit For You, Inc.

Whether the Business Court erred by entering an order which refused to authorize payment of fees to an attorney who performed legal services for a receiver solely because the Business Court believed the attorney violated a prior order establishing the procedure for seeking authorization of fee payments. Whether an attorney for a receiver may recoup fees for work performed in relation to litigation arising from the trial court's prior denial of authorization to pay fees.

, Supreme Court , 56PA20 (Per Curiam) , Published
Copeland v. Amward Homes of N.C., Inc.

Whether a real estate developer has a duty to sequence development or conduct mass grading; whether a real estate developer has a duty to protect against the negligence of a third party.

, Supreme Court , 460A20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re B.R.L.

Whether clear and convincing evidence supported the trial court's conclusion that respondent willfully abandoned the juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7) and whether the trial court failed to make findings of the likelihood of future neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) in concluding grounds existed to terminate parental rights.

, Supreme Court , 471A20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re O.E.M.

Appeal from order terminating respondent-father's parental rights; whether the trial court erred by terminating respondent-father's parental rights despite Department of Social Service's failure to verify a motion in the cause seeking termination of a father's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1104.

, Supreme Court , 416A20 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re Z.M.T.

Appeal from orders terminating respondent's parental rights; whether respondent received ineffective assistance of counsel.

, Supreme Court , 284PA20 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Dew

Whether there is sufficient evidence of multiple assaults in the light most favorable to the State to submit the issue to the jury; whether there is sufficient evidence to establish that defendant used his hands, feet, or teeth as deadly weapons.

, Supreme Court , 155PA20 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
State v. Graham

Whether the Georgia statutory rape statute under which defendant was previously convicted was substantially similar to North Carolina's statutory rape statute such that defendant's prior Georgia conviction could count as a higher penalty class for purposes of determining defendant's prior record level for sentencing.

, Supreme Court , 149PA20 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
State v. Leaks

Whether the trial court committed harmless error when it declined to give defendant's requested self-defense instruction.

, Supreme Court , 334PA19-2 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
State v. Strudwick

Whether the trial court's order requiring defendant to submit to lifetime satellite-based monitoring once released from prison is constitutional when the determination as to whether the search effected by satellite-based monitoring is reasonable occurs decades before the search would likely take place.

, Supreme Court , 408A20 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Wright

Appeal based on a dissent seeking review of the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss.

, Supreme Court , 2A21 (Per Curiam) , Published
Ward v. Halprin

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's award of final decision-making authority to defendant; whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's award of attorney's fees to defendant.