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15,497 Appellate Court Opinions
In re: Worley
last will and testament; holographic will; testamentary intent; devisavit vel non; caveat; power of attorney; probate
Kleoudis v. Kleoudis
Child Support
Robinson v. Halifax Reg'l Med. Ctr.
respondeat superior; Rule 9(j); negligence; wrongful death; res ipsa loquitur; corporate negligence; personal injury; hospital; medical malpractice
State v. Alexander
DNA evidence; DNA testing; fingerprints; post-conviction motion; materiality; murder
State v. Chadwick
Special Probation Condition; Drug Treatment Program; Reasonably Related to Rehabilitation
State v. Coleman
Petition for writ of certiorari; motion to amend; trafficking in opium; lesser-included instruction ex mero motu; plain error; appellate rule 10(a); mixture establishes total weight of controlled substance.
State v. Diaz-Tomas
Certiorari, Abuse of Discretion, Mandamus, Judicial Notice
State v. Lebeau
clerical errors in judgment; trial court's jurisdiction to enter amended judgment to correct error after appeal noticed; defendant's right to be present during sentencing; right to be present not deprived where amended judgment corrected mere clerical error
State v. Lindsey
Sixth Amendment right to counsel; waiver of the right to counsel
State v. Money
sufficiency of evidence to submit operating motor vehicle while displaying expired registration plate charge to jury; unpreserved challenge to jury instruction on operating motor vehicle while displaying expired registration plate was waived; sentence imposed for operating motor vehicle while displaying expired registration plate was not legally authorized
State v. Stallings
superseding indictment; guilty knowledge
State v. Yarborough
Lay witness; evidence of malice; self defense; jury instruction
Sullivan v. Woody
Intervenors, grandparents, child custody, attorneys' fees
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed April 7, 2020
Bauman v. Pasquotank Cty. ABC Bd.
Adverse Possession Under Color of Title; Trusts; Judgment on the Pleadings
Booth v. Hackney Acquisition Co.
The NC Insurance Guaranty Association; Bar date; Statute of Repose
Curlee v. Johnson
Keep dangerous animal, dog bite, summary judgment for defendant, shifted burden to plaintiff, prior knowledge of owner, precautions taken.
Graham v. Jones
permanent custody order; custody order awarding visitation to grandparents affected a substantial right of parent; trial court erred when it engaged in a best interest of the child analysis after granting full physical and legal custody, care, and control of minor child to parent; trial court erred when it granted grandparents visitation with minor child when parent was not found to be unfit and had not acted inconsistently with her constitutionally-protected status as a parent;
Hardy v. Hardy
Civil/criminal contempt; Appellate jurisdiction
McGuine v. Nat'l Copier Logistics, LLC
worker's compensation; implied contract of employment; right to control employee; joint employment