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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33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA18-29 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Mitchell

Motion to suppress evidence obtained from search of home; co-tenant consent to entry; motion to suppress in-court and out-of-court identification evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA18-45 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
State v. Nickens

Indictment; Motion to Dismiss; Trespass; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-414 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Ocegueda

Writ of certorari; investigation leading to conviction; controlled buy of narcotics, NCGS 90-95.3(a); restitution, NCGS 7A-304(a)(7).

, Court of Appeals , COA18-325 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Rawlinson

Amount of restitution not supported by evidence adduced at trial or sentencing; appeal following no-contest plea to misdemeanor larceny

, Court of Appeals , COA18-211 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Sisk

Failure to instruct jury on defense of accident; pain error review

, Court of Appeals , COA18-529 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Smith

plea discussions; motion to dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA18-308 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Whitmire

Rule 404(b) evidence; opinion on the evidence; sufficiency of indictment; identity theft instruction

, Court of Appeals , COA16-684-2 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Williams

Jury instructions limiting Rule 404(b) evidence; no plain error

, Court of Appeals , COA18-257 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
Styles v. Styles

child support, calculating income, imputing income, gifts

, Court of Appeals , COA18-335 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
Young v. Young

unequal distribution, marital debt

, Supreme Court , 197A18 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re Chapman

Review of recommendation for thirty-day suspension without pay.

, Supreme Court , 130PA17 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Meinck v. City of Gastonia

Negligence action for a slip and fall on City-owned premises leased to a nonprofit entity; summary judgment granted for defendant based on governmental immunity; whether ownership and maintenance of the building was a governmental or proprietary function.

, Supreme Court , 280A17 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Arrington

Appeal from sentence imposed in conjunction with a plea agreement; whether the trial court erred in accepting defendant's stipulation to a previous second-degree murder conviction as a Class B1 offense; application of State v. Sanders and State v. Wingate to determine whether the stipulation was to a question of fact or a question of law.

, Supreme Court , 208A17 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Bass

Whether, at defendant's trial for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, the trial court committed prejudicial error by (1) declining to give certain jury instructions requested by defendant regarding 'no duty to retreat,' (2) denying a defense request to admit testimony from witnesses describing the victim's previous aggressive, violent acts towards others, and (3) denying defendant's motion for a continuance.

, Supreme Court , 146A18 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Frederick

Motion to suppress evidence; whether the affidavit on which a warrant authorizing a search of defendant's property was based established probable cause to issue the warrant.