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State v. Campbell
DVPO, Domestic violence protective order, probable impact, instructional error.
State v. Dyer
Drug possession; motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion for traffic stop; failure to use a turn signal; N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-154(a); stop not supported by reasonable suspicion because no violation of applicable traffic statute occurred; officer's belief violation had occurred not reasonable mistake of law
State v. George Steen
ineffective assistance of counsel; motion for appropriate relief; prejudice; inadequate investigation
State v. Griffin
Possession of firearm by felon; denial of motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence of constructive possession; unpreserved instructional and evidentiary challenges; plain error; challenge to instruction on actual possession; admission of evidence of gang affiliation
State v. Jaqwon Fincher
sentencing; rules of evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 15A-1334(b); arguments of counsel
State v. Jeremy Hudson
Anders brief.
State v. Kevin Johnson
cross-examination; impeachment; evidence of past mental health; expert testimony; confrontation rights; consecutive sentences
State v. Leonard Avery
possession of stolen goods; continuing offense; N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 14-71.1
STATE v. LEOPOLDO GOMEZ
Reasonable suspicion; Semi-tractor-trailer driver's log; Vehicle search; Probable cause; Traffic stop; Nature of questions during stop; Delay during stop; Extension of stop; Scope of search; Motion to suppress; Consent; Anonymous tip; Totality of circumstances.
State v. Mackey
Forgery;
Uttering;
Obtaining Property by False Pretenses;
Fatal Defect;
Fatal Variance;
Motion to Dismiss;
Unpreserved Issues on Appeal;
Sufficiency of the State's evidence under State v. Golder, 374 N.C. 238, 246, 839 S.E.2d 782, 788 (2020);
Statutory Right to Recordation;
N.C. Gen Stat. ? 15A-1241;
Private Bench Conferences;
State v. Meris
Gatekeeping Order; Post-Conviction Motions; Certiorari
State v. Michael Ray Trapp
omission of advanced supervised release from amended judgment was clerical error requiring correction on remand
State v. Monroe
statute authorizing punishment of second-degree murder as a class B1 felony under two of three definitions of malice was not ambiguous, and sentencing defendant as a B1 felony offender was not error where jury unanimously found by special verdict form that all three forms of malice had been proven by the state
State v. Scarboro
no plain error where trial court defined sexual act to include disjunctive acts
State v. Smith
Hearsay; Confidential informant; Surveillance video; Computer-generated time and date-stamp on video; Plain error; Computer records.
State v. Tariq Kamal Woods
petition for writ of certiorari; Alford plea; Anders review
State v. Tyquan Sykree Hayes
no notice and opportunity to be heard on attorney's fees; vacate and remand civil judgment
State v. Walker
Breaking into a coin-operated machine; Felony larceny; Habitual felon; Motion to dismiss; Circumstantial evidence may withstand a motion to dismiss and support a conviction even when the evidence does not rule out every hypothesis of innocence; Eighth amendment; Cruel and unusual punishment.
State v. Wayne Soller
defendant's arguments about the admissibility of testimony excluded under rape shield statute were not preserved for appellate review but trial court erred in ordering defendant to register as a sex offender because the offense requiring registration was committed prior to the inclusion of that offense in the definition of aggravated offense requiring registration
State v. Whitney Kaeanna Steen
felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily harm; jury instructions; lesser-included offense; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-318.4