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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33,106 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-389 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Barstow

Motion to Suppress, Traffic Stop, DWI, Reasonable Suspicion, IAC

, Court of Appeals , COA21-404 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Collins

felonious possession of stolen goods and felony eluding arrest with a motor vehicle; trial court reserved ruling on motion to dismiss and allowed State to recall witness; no judicial partiality; no impropriety in prosecutor's closing argument

, Court of Appeals , COA21-575 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Dotson

Probation Revocation; New Criminal Offense, Clerical Error

, Court of Appeals , COA21-473 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Fritsche

sex-offender registration; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-208.12A(a); equal protection; residency; termination petition

, Court of Appeals , COA21-645 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Giles

Subject matter jurisdiction, motion to set aside bond forfeiture, conviction, deferred prosecution, probation.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-190 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
State v. Hahn

Lawful arrest; warrantless arrest; objective probable cause; resisting arrest; assault on a government official; malicious conduct by a prisoner; line of demarcation; motion to dismiss.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-308 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
State v. Maldonado

trial court's findings and conclusions were sufficient to support the order denying defendant's motion to suppress and probable cause supported search and search incident to arrest

, Court of Appeals , COA21-449 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Williams

Motion for appropriate relief; NCGS 15A-1419; Issues were raised or had the opportunity to be raised on previous appeal

, Court of Appeals , COA20-108 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Wilson

Felony murder; unpreserved juror challenge; motion to suppress custodial, noncustodial statements; jury instruction on lesser-included offense, second-degree murder; superior court transfer hearing.

, Supreme Court , 26A21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Blue v. Bhiro

Whether the trial court considered matters outside the pleading and thus converted a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss to a Rule 56 motion for summary judgment.

, Supreme Court , 141PA20 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
Cherry Cmty. Org. v. Sellars

Whether, under common law agency tenets, a principal in a joint real estate development venture is imputed with the knowledge of a co-principal's intent to defraud creditors by way of an insider conveyance of real estate property that is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the co-principal's creditor.

, Supreme Court , 465A20 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Cunningham v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in applying a de novo standard of review in reviewing findings of the Industrial Commission under the timely-filing requirement of N.C.G.S. 97-24 and reversing the Commission's dismissal of plaintiff's claim on that basis.

, Supreme Court , 123A21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re A.N.H.

Appeal from order terminating respondent's parental rights; termination of respondent's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); neglect.

, Supreme Court , 328A21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re B.E.V.B.

Termination of parental rights; adjudication of ground for termination of willful abandonment pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7).

, Supreme Court , 141A21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re B.R.L.

Termination of parental rights; adjudication of ground for termination based on neglect under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).

, Supreme Court , 310A21 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
In re B.R.W.

Whether the trial court's factual findings supported its legal conclusion that respondent-mother had acted inconsistently with her constitutionally protected status as a parent by ceding custody of her minor children to their paternal grandmother and whether the trial court appropriately applied the 'best interests of the child' standard in awarding guardianship to the paternal grandmother.

, Supreme Court , 138A21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re C.A.B.

Whether the trial court violated respondent-father's constitutional rights when it denied his request for a continuance, preventing him from appearing at a hearing on a petition for termination of his parental rights because the federal prison where respondent-father was incarcerated was under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

, Supreme Court , 132PA21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re J.N.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding that respondent-father failed to preserve his constitutional argument.

, Supreme Court , 191A21 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
In re K.Q.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the evidence and findings supported the conclusion that there was a likelihood of repetition of neglect.