Appellate Court Opinions

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19,475 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-686 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Roberts

Hit and run causing physical injury; possession of firearm by a felon; habitual felon status; State concedes error; plea arrangement; NCGS 15A-1024; sentencing.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-596 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Suggs

statutory sex offense, statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, indecent liberties, sexual assault, pediatric, disseminating obscenity, jury instruction, lesser-included offense, sexual act, attempt, disparate offense, disjunctive, mandatory minimum sentence, constitutional right, unanimous jury, Eighth Amendment, second-degree murder

, Court of Appeals , COA20-592 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
Barrier v. City of Kannapolis

Workers' compensation; challenged findings of fact; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-2(6); compensable injury

, Court of Appeals , COA21-36 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
In re AP

permanency planning order; Rule 17 Guardian ad litem

, Court of Appeals , COA21-148 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Unpublished
In re D.R.

trial court's findings of fact were supported by clear and convincing evidence; trial court's findings of fact supported adjudication of neglect; relevancy of evidence of prior abuse of another juvenile; no-merit brief pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(e).

, Court of Appeals , COA21-124 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
In Re L.B.

juvenile delinquency; sufficiency of verdict; possession of a firearm with an altered serial number; interdisciplinary evaluation

, Court of Appeals , COA21-107 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
In re R.W., A.R.

Juvenile abuse and neglect; permanency planning; cessation of reunification efforts; guardianship award; visitation order

, Court of Appeals , COA20-600 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
In re: J.A.H.

delinquency; adjudication and disposition; limitation on cross-examination; in camera review; improper closing statement; cumulative error

, Court of Appeals , COA20-627 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
Robert McKoy

Possession of a firearm by a felon; motion to dismiss; insufficient evidence; constructive possession; knowledge

, Court of Appeals , COA19-859 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
Smith v. Novant Health, Inc.

Medical malpractice; administrative negligence claims; exclusion of expert testimony from hospital administrator under Rule 702; record insufficient for meaningful appellate review; exclusion of evidence under Rule 403

, Court of Appeals , COA20-583 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
State of N. Carolina v. Tammy Jo Hernandez

failure to instruct on lesser-included offense of possession of methamphetamine to charge of trafficking in methamphetamine by possession did not constitute plain error; remand for correction of clerical error in judgment was required where judgment listed incorrect offense

, Court of Appeals , COA20-468 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Allen

Opportunity to be heard, attorney?s fees, civil judgments

, Court of Appeals , COA20-651 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Christopher Chamberlin

relevancy; voluntary statements; N.C.R. Evid. 404(b); domestic violence; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-32(b)

, Court of Appeals , COA20-445 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Davis

Improper remarks, ex mero motu, prosecutorial misconduct

, Court of Appeals , COA20-661 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Derek Sidney Schmidt

Defendant convicted of assault on a child under 12 years old and felonious child abuse; fatal defect in arrest warrant; no subject matter jurisdiction; vacate in part; admissibility of portions of jail phone recordings; North Carolina Rule of Evidence 403; hearsay; flight risk; bad character; implied admission; no error in part