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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19,475 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-564 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
In re E.M.

Child abuse, neglect, and dependency; Subject matter jurisdiction; Juvenile petitions.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-234 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
In re L.J.J.

Adjudication Order; Controlled Substance; Sufficiency of the Evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA21-405 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
In re Z.B.

abuse, neglect, and dependency; trial court's adjudication of neglect was based on more than prior adjudications of abuse and neglect of sibling

, Court of Appeals , COA20-792 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
Jones v. Brock & Scott, PLLC

Rule 12(b)(6); Motion to Dismiss; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; North Carolina Debt Collection Act

, Court of Appeals , COA21-423 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Bates

Motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment; consent; apparent control

, Court of Appeals , COA20-595 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
State v. English

trial court did not err in concluding defendant failed to make prima facie Batson challenge; no abuse of discretion by refusal to strike prospective jurors and give curative instruction; no error in overruling relevancy objection to expert's testimony or excluding portion of expert's report

, Court of Appeals , COA21-453 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. McGill

habitual larceny; essential elements; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14.72; N.C. R. App. P. 4

, Court of Appeals , COA21-237 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Porter

Assault with deadly weapon; denial of motion to dismiss; self-defense; defense of habitation

, Court of Appeals , COA20-814 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Thomas

capacity to proceed; competency hearing; ineffective waiver of counsel; structural error

, Court of Appeals , COA20-844 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Unpublished
State v. Washington

Sixth Amendment right to counsel; forfeiture of right to counsel; waiver of assigned counsel; pro se defendant; egregious and dilatory conduct; new trial.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-523 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Young

indictment, lesser-included offense, swapping horses, Rule 403

, Court of Appeals , COA21-399 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
Thomas v. Century Emp. Org., LLC

Workers' compensation; employer-employee relationship; special employee; NCGS 97-51; NCGS 58-48-55(a1).

, Court of Appeals , COA21-166 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
Utley v. Swann's Mill Homeowners Ass'n

foreclosure sale; third-party bidder from whom plaintiff did not seek to recover damages had standing to move to dismiss plaintiff's complaint; record demonstrated that trial court did not consider outside the pleadings in granting motion to dismiss, thus not converting ruling to summary judgment; plaintiff failed to timely file an upset bid under provisions of emergency COVID-19 orders extending filing times and deadlines

, Court of Appeals , COA20-888 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
Verdone v. Verdone

Nonjudicial partnership dissolution;
Conflict of laws, substance and procedure; Direct and derivative suits.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-340 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
Williams v. Johnson

Child custody erroneously granted to non-party

, Court of Appeals , COA21-367 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
Wooten v. Wooten

Separation; Divorce; Alimony; Higher Education Contributions; Fraud; Warranty of Disclosure; Rescission; Ratification; Motion for Summary Judgment; Specific Performance