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33,106 Appellate Court Opinions
State v. Horton
Jury instruction; Impermissible opinion
State v. Liverman
Rule of Evidence 401; Rule of Evidence 403; Statutory rape; incriminating letters written by defendant from jail
State v. Moore
Fourth Amendment; search and seizure; traffic stop; mistaken identity; reasonable suspicion
State v. Norwood
Exploitation of an elder adult, Sufficiency of indictment
State v. Potter
Guilty Plea; Writ of Certiorari; Sentencing and Judgment
State v. Rankin
Facial validity of indictment; essential elements of crime of littering; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-399 (a)
State v. Smith
Attempted first-degree rape; Lesser-included offense instruction; Rule 404(b) evidence; extrinsic evidence of prior bad acts
State v. Smith
Reasonable Suspicion; Search Warrant; Mail Stream; Motion to Suppress
State v. Smith
Preservation and Error, Sufficient Evidence, Controlled Substances, Search and Seizure, Jury Instructions
State v. Stacks
Misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon; self-defense; jury instruction; de novo review.
State v. Stephens-Maddox
Testimony Regarding Witness's Statement to Officer; Fifth Amendment.
State v. Thomas
N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 90-95(a)(1); Acting in concert; Sufficiency of the evidence; Multiple convictions and punishments based on same transaction
State v. Thompson
Suppression motion
State v. Waddell
Plain error review; possession of methamphetamine; constructive possession; non-exclusive possession - other incriminating circumstances.
State v. Young
Admission of evidence; Prior bad acts; Right to remain silent
Terry v. Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.
Workers' compensation; Occupational disease; Pre-existing personal susceptibility
Turnage v. Cunningham
Implied Easement; Summary Judgment; Res Judicata; Collateral Estoppel; Judicial Estoppel
Harris v. N.C. Dep't of Pub. Safety
Whether the Department of Public Safety had just cause to terminate a corrections officer from employment for allegedly unacceptable conduct; application of Chapters 126 and 150B to the employee's appeal from an administrative law judge's final decision reversing the termination and imposing a lesser sanction.
In re G.T.
Whether N.C.G.S. 7B-901(c) allows a trial court to make an initial finding of aggravated circumstances in the same disposition order that directs cessation of reunification efforts, or whether such a finding must be made in a separate, previous order.
State v. Godbey
Appeal from conviction for indecent liberties with a child; whether testimony by defendant's wife should have been excluded under the marital communications privilege and Rule of Evidence 404(b); application of N.C.G.S. 8-57, 8-57.1, and 7B-310.