Appellate Court Opinions

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33,106 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-737 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Brown

Castle Doctrine; Possession of a Firearm by a Felon; Pre-trial Determination of Castle Doctrine Immunity; Jury Instructions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-375 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
State v. Gallion

Sufficient search warrant application; sufficient findings of fact and conclusions of law in suppression order; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-207; suppression of electronic monitoring data; hearsay; firearm identification evidence; sufficient evidence of first degree murder

, Court of Appeals , COA21-487 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
State v. Gurkin

Anders review; trial court did not err in denying motion for postconviction DNA testing

, Court of Appeals , COA21-197 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Harrison

probation, good cause, revocation, jail credit

, Court of Appeals , COA20-784 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Hayner

motion to dismiss; neglect of a disabled or elder adult causing serious injury; acting in concert theory; jury instruction.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-760 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Holley

First-degree murder, sufficient evidence, deadly weapon, ex mero motu, fundamentally unfair, inadmissible statement

, Court of Appeals , COA20-694 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Jackson

Criminal conspiracy; motion to dismiss; lesser-included offense; imperfect self-defense; admissibility of testifying co-defendant's statements/admissions; Confrontation Clause; limiting jury instruction.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-536 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Mullinax

suppression, seizure, drugs, totality of circumstances, identification, command, walk away, additional officers, search of car, search of person, reasonable person, not free to leave

, Court of Appeals , COA21-224 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Patterson

Prior record level determination; prejudicial error; multiple convictions from single week.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-275 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Porter

Statutory sentencing range, probationary period, specific findings.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-382 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Unpublished
State v. Robinson

Petition for writ of certiorari granted, Anders review revealed no non-frivolous issues, appeal dismissed.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-890 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Stinson

jury instructions, knowledge footnote, deny knowledge, undercover agent, heroin, Fentanyl

, Court of Appeals , COA21-393 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Swanson

sentence, probation, trial court, concurrently, judgments, probationary period, imprisonment, clerical error, probation revocation

, Court of Appeals , COA20-538 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Wall

Habitual felon; substantive felony; motion for joinder; motion to suppress

, Court of Appeals , COA21-232 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Williams

pleadings; facial validity; arrest warrant; notice; N.C. Gen. Stat. 50B-4.1; domestic violence; protective order

, Court of Appeals , COA21-46 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
Town of Midland v. Harrell

Town of Midland; Harrell Land Development Company; dispute over responsibility for maintenance of roads in a development; civil penalties; standing; North Carolina General Statutes, Section 160A-12; Town ordinances; mandatory injunction and order of abatement; Rule 65(d) of North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure; NCDOT road standards; attorney's fees; North Carolina General Statutes, Section 6-21.7; Town violated unambiguous limits on its authority; North Carolina General Statutes, Section 160A-388(b1) (2017) (recodified as Section 160D-705(b) (2021)).

, Court of Appeals , COA20-916 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
Unifund CCR Partners v. Young

Action on a judgment; renewal judgment; clerk's jurisdiction to enter default judgment; sum certain jurisdiction; applicability of the Consumer Economic Protection Act; affirmative defense of usury.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-889 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
Vaitovas v. City of Greenville

Constitutionality of local law concerning traffic cameras; prohibition on local laws relating to health, sanitation and the abatement of nuisances; distinction between material connection and tangential or incidental connection to health