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, Court of Appeals , COA17-1293 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Conner

Motion to suppress; Meaningful appellate review; Right to confront witnesses; Non-hearsay; Motion to continue.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-393 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Crowder

Jury instruction; acting in concert; concerted action; embezzlement; larceny by employee; corporate malfeasance; double jeopardy; ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1124 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Eller

criminal, motion to suppress, reasonable suspicion

, Court of Appeals , COA17-976 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Evans

Expert testimony; discovery violations; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence of weight of controlled substance; weight of material outside the scope of the definition of a controlled substance

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1242 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Heard

Confidential Informant.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1052 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Hobson

Superior court's subject-matter jurisdiction over misdemeanor charge of stalking; Rules of Evidence 401, 403, and 404(b); motion to dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1291 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Long

first degree murder; waiver-constitutional argument; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; premeditation and deliberation; prosecutorial statements in closing argument; standard for trial court's intervention ex mero motu.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1305 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. McMillan

assault by strangulation; motion to dismiss; lesser-included offense jury instruction; strangulation

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1287 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Murphy

Guilty plea; restitution; restitution invalidly ordered as to victims of unconvicted crime, stipulation as to invalid restitution does not warrant setting aside entire plea agreement

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1363 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Sanderlin

Assault on government official; Alford plea; intoxication in public place; probable cause

, Court of Appeals , COA17-909 (Judge Mark Davis) , Unpublished
State v. Wolfe

Kidnapping with intent to terrorize; Motion to dismiss; NCGS § 15A-404 jury instruction (citizen's detention)

, Court of Appeals , COA17-899 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
Watson v. Watson

equitable distribution order; unequal distribution of marital property; classification; valuation

, Court of Appeals , COA17-988 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
Whitmore v. Whitmore

Willfulness, Ability to Comply, Child Support, Contempt

, Supreme Court , 162A17 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
Boone Ford, Inc. v. IME Scheduler, Inc.

Appeal from order consolidating cases; whether the judge who entered the order lacked authority to do so because a different judge presided over the matter at trial and whether, if so, the resulting procedural error requires vacatur of the judgment below.

, Supreme Court , 202A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
Locklear v. Cummings

Complaint alleging medical malpractice; whether plaintiff's failure to comply with Rule 9(j) before expiration of the statute of limitations requires dismissal of the action if the complaint alleges facts sounding in ordinary negligence, for which a Rule 9(j) certification is not required.

, Supreme Court , 441PA16 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
State v. Curtis

Whether the two-year statute of limitations in N.C.G.S. § 15-1 mandates dismissal of misdemeanor charges against a defendant who was charged via a citation and magistrate's order, but not by a warrant, indictment, or presentment.

, Supreme Court , 245A08-2 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Hyman

Motion for appropriate relief after defendant was convicted of first-degree murder; whether defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel after counsel did not withdraw from representing him at trial so that she could offer exculpatory testimony on defendant's behalf.