Appellate Court Opinions

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33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-735 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Harris

Drug trafficking, ineffective assistance of counsel, Franks v. Delaware hearing, right to speedy appeal, prejudice, concurrent sentences.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-9 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Hills

Impermissible opinion,
Facial validity of indictment,
Essential elements of crime charged

, Court of Appeals , COA20-486 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Kearney

Preservation, jury instructions, and self-defense

, Court of Appeals , COA20-650 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
State v. Logan

Motion to suppress; unreasonable search and seizure; probable cause; four corners of search warrant affidavit; nexus between location and illegal activity at the time warrant was executed

, Court of Appeals , COA20-563 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Medlin

Felony obtaining property by false pretenses; special conditions of probation, NCGS 15A-1343(b1); conditions related to offense; child visitation; abuse of discretion.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-118 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Miles

malicious conduct by prisoner; ineffective assistance of counsel; plain error; lay-opinion testimony; motion to sequester witnesses; calculation of prior record level

, Court of Appeals , COA20-53 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Moore

First-degree murder; Evidence Rule 702; fingerprint testimony; right to public trial; preserved objections.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-593 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Salazar

Motion to Continue; Forensic Reports; Confrontation Clause

, Court of Appeals , COA19-250-2 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Scott

Second-degree murder; blood evidence of BAC; remand; Fourth Amendment search and seizure; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-887 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Shook

Waiver of counsel; NCGS 15A-1242

, Court of Appeals , COA20-421 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Stevens

Motion to Dismiss; Sufficiency of the Evidence; Rule 404(b); Rule 403

, Court of Appeals , COA20-439 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
Van Kampen v. Garcia

professional responsibility; disqualification of counsel based on conflicts of interest between former counsel and counsel associated in practice with former counsel; conflict imputation to lawyers associated in practice; Rules 1.6, 1.9, and 1.10 of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct; no appeal of right exists from the denial of a motion to disqualify opposing counsel; trial court did not err, much less abuse its discretion, in denying motion to disqualify based on imputed conflict between former counsel in the same case who became associated in practice with opposing counsel after representation was terminated

, Court of Appeals , COA20-560 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Orsbon & Fenninger, LLP

appeal of order denying summary judgment on election of remedies defense dismissed as interlocutory; interlocutory order denying summary judgment on collateral estoppel defense affected a substantial right and was immediately appealable; collateral estoppel did not bar plaintiffs? claims where defendants failed to show that the issue was actually and necessarily decided in the preceding action.

, Supreme Court , 322A20 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re B.S.

Termination of parental rights; ineffective assistance of counsel.

, Supreme Court , 20A20 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re E.S.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining that termination of respondents' parental rights was in the children's best interests.

, Supreme Court , 347A20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re I.J.W.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7) on the ground of willful abandonment.

, Supreme Court , 344A20 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re J.E.E.R.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred in concluding that respondent's parental rights were subject to termination under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3) (2019).

, Supreme Court , 343A20 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re M.S.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); no-merit review.