Appellate Court Opinions

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33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-774 (Judge Fred Gore) , Published
State v. Kochetkov

Criminal; Motion to Suppress; Search and Seizure; Probable Cause; and Staleness.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-917 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Metcalf

Involuntary manslaughter; motion to strike jury venire; sufficiency of evidence; culpable negligence; proximate cause; validity of indictment

, Court of Appeals , COA20-851 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Robert Wilson Driver

Arrest judgment, improper closing arguments, improper remarks, felony, felony murder, sentencing

, Court of Appeals , COA21-89 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
State v. Roger Sanders

trial court did not err in denying motion to suppress because reasonable suspicion supported stop of vehicle

, Court of Appeals , COA20-444 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Sturdivant

First degree murder; premeditation and deliberation; sufficiency of evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA20-786 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
Zulieka Perales v. Darrin King

Registration of foreign support order for modification and enforcement; de facto permanent order; N.C. Gen. Stat. ? 52C-6-607(a); oral agreement; affirmative defenses; child support arrearage

, Supreme Court , 91A21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re A.A.M.

Appeal from order terminating respondent-father's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7), willful abandonment of the juvenile.

, Supreme Court , 253A20 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
In re A.E.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) (2019); sufficiency of the evidence.

, Supreme Court , 523A20 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
In re C.K.I.

Appeal from order terminating respondent-father's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7), willful abandonment of the juvenile.

, Supreme Court , 209A21 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re C.M.F.

Termination of parental rights; No-merit brief; Sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court's findings of fact to support the trial court's determination that respondent-mother's parental rights were subject to termination and the extent to which termination of respondent-mother's parental rights would be in the children's best interests.

, Supreme Court , 85A21 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
In re I.E.M.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court operated under a misapprehension of law when it terminated respondent-mother's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2).

, Supreme Court , 124A21 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
In re I.P.

Termination of parental rights; no-merit brief.

, Supreme Court , 514A20 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
In re J.B.

Termination of parental rights; whether respondent's parental rights were subject to termination based on neglect; whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining that termination was in the minor child's best interests.

, Supreme Court , 193A21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re J.G.S.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), (2), (6), (7) (2019). No-merit review pursuant to Rule 3.1(e) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure.

, Supreme Court , 82A21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re J.K.F.

Termination of parental rights; adjudication of willful failure to pay a reasonable portion of the juveniles' cost of care under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3); existence of a voluntary support agreement as evidence of respondent-parent's ability to pay an amount more than zero.

, Supreme Court , 175A21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re K.W.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), (3) (2019). No-merit review pursuant to Rule 3.1(e) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure.

, Supreme Court , 458A20 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
In re L.G.G.

Whether the trial court erred in concluding grounds existed to terminate parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that termination of respondent-father's parental rights was in the juvenile's best interests.