Appellate Court Opinions

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33,106 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA17-535 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Cozart

Satellite-based monitoring; Motion to discharge counsel; Ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA17-294 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Dail

first degree murder, jury instructions, admissibility of evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA17-916 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Greene

Indigent defendant's attorney's fees; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7A-455; Pretrial confinement credit; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15-196.1.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1157 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Hewitt

Batson v. Kentucky; Race-neutral explanation; Juror misconduct; Mistrial

, Court of Appeals , COA17-114 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Jones

ineffective assistance of counsel claim, self-defense, bench trial, not deficient performance

, Court of Appeals , COA18-307 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Milligan

Probation revocation; New criminal offense; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1345(e)notice requirement.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1294 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Pratt

Indictment; Facially invalid; Motion to amend

, Court of Appeals , COA17-883 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Pruitt

second-degree sexual offense; motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence on the element of force; jury instructions on the element of force; reliability under Daubert of sexual assault nurse examiner's expert opinion testimony under Rule 702(a); attorneys' fees

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1105 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Raborn

armed robbery; jury instructions; alleged error in failing to instruct on lesser-included offenses of common law robbery and assault with a deadly weapon

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1273 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Ramirez

probation revocation; motion to suppress; subject matter jurisdiction

, Court of Appeals , COA17-518 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Williams

Expert testimony; N.C.R. Evid. 702(a); Daubert reliability inquiry; firearm toolmark identification; prior inconsistent statements; plain error review

, Court of Appeals , COA17-341 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
Walker v. Hoke Cty.

Motion to Dismiss; Rule 12(b)(1) of N.C. Rules of Civil Procedure; Taxpayer standing; Amotion

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1366 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
Wolfe v. Poindexter

summons; service of process; personal jurisdiction

, Supreme Court , 146PA17 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
Brackett v. Thomas

Civil revocation of driver's license under N.C.G.S. § 20-16.2 for alleged DWI; whether the person charged 'willfully refused' to submit to a breathalyzer test in violation of subdivision 20-16.2(d)(5).

, Supreme Court , 363PA17 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re J.M. and J.M.

Appeal by father from adjudication, dispositional, and permanency planning order relieving DSS from further efforts to reunify him with his minor children; whether, at the hearing on the matter, the trial court erred in admitting hearsay statements made by the children's mother under Rules of Evidence 801(d) and 803(4).

, Supreme Court , 307PA15-2 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Kaestner 1992 Family Tr. v. N.C. Dep't of Revenue

Appeal from Court of Appeals decision affirming the N.C. Business Court's grant of summary judgment for plaintiff, an out-of-state trust, in a civil action seeking refund of taxes paid on income earned by the trust but not distributed to a North Carolina resident; whether N.C.G.S. § 105-160.2, under which the tax was assessed, as applied here violates due process under the North Carolina and United States Constitutions.