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State v. Cooper
Satellite-based monitoring; reasonableness under Fourth Amendment
State v. Hayes
Entrapment defense, entitlement to jury instructions on entrapment, prejudicial error
State v. Joseph Ngigi Kariuki
motion to dismiss; insufficiency of the evidence; first-degree forcible rape; serious personal injury; jury instruction; constructive force; mental defect
State v. Shawn Beau Croteau
statutory rape and indecent liberties with a child; motion to dismiss; corpus delicti ('body of the crime'); strong corroborative evidence of Defendant's extrajudicial confession; bench trial; affirmed
State v. Whitaker
Joinder; Joinder of offenses; Transactional connection; Single scheme or plan; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-926(a); Prejudice; Same location; Same victim; Same defendant; Modus Operandi; Abusive relationship; Lapse in time; 404(b); Rape; Assault; Assault with deadly weapon; AWDWISI
State v. Zabiane Williams
Murder; rape; arson; burglary; exclusion of evidence of third-party guilt; constitutional right to present defense; acting in concert theory; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt
Court of Appeals Unpublished Opinions Filed September 6, 2022
Blaylock v. York
Rule 60(b) motion for relief from judgment; interlocutory appeal.
Brian T. Strohm and wife Julie A. Strohm v. Eleanor H. Morgan, Tr.ee of the Eleanor H. Morgan Revo
'time being of the essence' clause; waiver; Real Estate Offer to Purchase and Contract
Hall v. Brunswick Plantation Prop. Owners Ass'n
motion to dismiss properly granted; failure to allege substantive elements of claim; lack of subject matter jurisdiction due to lack of standing
In re Z.M., M.M., M.M., Z.M.
findings of fact supported conclusions of law that grounds existed to terminate respondents' parental rights and conclusions were not erroneous
In the Matter of J.M.
juvenile delinquent; N.C.G.S. 7B-2405; privilege against self-incrimination; State concedes error
Jacqueline L. Gray. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Foreclosure, Deed of Trust, Collateral estoppel, Foreclosure proceeding, Non-Judicial, Res Judicata, Notice, Doctrine of Collateral estoppel, Non-mutual collateral estoppel, Defensive collateral estoppel, Foreclosure sale, Assistant clerk, Foreclose, Damages, Default, Parties, Reverse Mortgage, Interlocutory, Borrower, Substitute Trustee, Immediate appeal, Summary Judgment
Rachel Goode v. Leisure Entm't Corp. d/b/a Laser Quest
no error in dismissing complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction; insufficient process; insufficient service of process; no abuse of discretion in denying Rule 60(b) motion
Rachel Goode v. Leisure Entm't Corp. d/b/a Laser Quest
no error in dismissing complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction; insufficient process; insufficient service of process; no abuse of discretion in denying Rule 60(b) motion
State of N. Carolina v. Gavin Selbourne Larkin
felony hit and run; reckless driving; motion to dismiss; Rule 403; N.C.G.S. 1343.2
State of N. Carolina v. Jared Eugene Nicholson
trial court did not err in allowing officer testimony about his subsequent actions after interviewing non-testifying co-defendant; it was not plain error for the trial court to allow prosecutor to ask leading question about identity of defendant or to specify the items of stolen property in jury instructions for charge of felony larceny; thus, no errors occurred, the cumulative effect of which required a new trial
State v. Burbage
probation revocation; absconding; clerical error
State v. Goncalves
Search incident to Arrest;
Motion to Suppress;
Waiver at Trial;
Rule 404(b);
Plain Error Review
State v. Justin Lee Abernathy
Motion to suppress, reasonable suspicion for investigatory stop, probable cause to search vehicle, de minimis extension of stop for K9 sniff