Appellate Court Opinions

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33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1245 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Heelan

Actual child victim not required to sustain an attempt conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child; motions to dismiss charges of indecent liberties and of child solicitation by computer for insufficiency of evidence that the defendant believed an adult undercover office posing as a minor was actually an underage female; alleged improper prosecutorial questioning; satellite-based monitoring (SBM)

, Court of Appeals , COA18-702 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Hill

Indictment; Presentment; Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Misdemeanors

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1237 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Holmes

First-degree murder; instruction on lesser-included offenses; relevance; closing arguments; expert testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA16-398-2 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Hyman

Motion for appropriate relief (MAR); ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC); successive or simultaneous representation of clients; alleged dual-representation conflicts.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-296 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Jarvis

Preservation for appeal, Jury Instruction, Habitual Felon Indictment, Closing Argument

, Court of Appeals , COA18-372 (Judge Mark Davis) , Unpublished
State v. Jefferson

First-degree murder; premeditation and deliberation; resentencing of juvenile defendant; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.19B

, Court of Appeals , COA18-700 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Jones

Indictment; Presentment; Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Misdemeanors

, Court of Appeals , COA18-703 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Joyner

Indictment; Presentment; Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Misdemeanors

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1107-2 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Langley

Jury Instruction, Plain Error Rule, Habitual Felon Indictment

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1319 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Marquez

ineffective assistance of counsel; Harbison violation; voluntary intoxication; jury instruction

, Court of Appeals , COA18-25 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Unpublished
State v. McAbee

Probation Revocation; Statutory Interpretation

, Court of Appeals , COA18-424 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Orr

Admission of recording over North Carolina Evidence Rule 403 objection; failure to find mitigating factors when sentencing in the presumptive range; trial court interrupting defendant's testimony to ask clarifying question pursuant to North Carolina Evidence Rule 614(b); admission of irrelevant evidence during habitual felon phase of sentencing hearing.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1337 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Piland

Fourth Amendment; enhancement provision; expert testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA18-21 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Pless

pretrial identification, expert testimony, substitute expert

, Court of Appeals , COA18-202 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Seam

Eighth Amendment; N.C. Const. Art. I, § 27; gross disproportionality; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.19B(a)(1); Miller v. Alabama; ex post facto law

, Court of Appeals , COA18-416 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Shuler

Case description: Statutory Sex Offense; Indictment; Facially Defective; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-144.2; Identify Victim

, Court of Appeals , COA18-528 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Stancill

Indictment; Presentment; Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Misdemeanors

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1284 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Taylor

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sixth Amendment; Concession of Guilt