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State v. O'Neil
Guilty plea; Anders brief; Anders review; Wholly frivolous; Petition for writ of certiorari; No prejudicial error; Rule 4; Untimely notice of appeal; Timeliness; Fourteen-day period; No issues of arguable merit.
State v. Powell
motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence; substantial evidence; reasonable mind; circumstantial; jury; light most favorable to the State; actual possession; constructive possession; totality of the circumstances; Chekanow factors; request; new counsel; Constitution; Sixth Amendment; Fourteenth Amendment; satisfy; competent assistance; conflict
State v. Reber
Ineffective assistance of counsel; Motion to suppress; Search warrant; Probable cause; No structural constitutional error; Jury selection; Jury selection process; No structural error; Use of peremptory strikes; Failure to challenge for cause; Failure to preserve issue on appeal; Appellate Rule 2.
State v. Rice
first-degree murder, Confrontation Clause, Business Records Exception
State v. Roberts
victim impact testimony, right to confrontation, pertinent trait.
State v. Schiene
Denial of Motion to Suppress;
Probable Cause;
Smell of unburnt Marijuana;
Legalization of Industrial Hemp;
Totality of the Circumstances;
State v. Smith
N.C. R. App. P. Rule 4;
Petition for Writ Certiorari;
Corroborative Evidence;
Limiting instruction;
No merit or error committed below;
State v. Vass
PWC; petition for writ of certiorari; clerical error; inadvertent; minor discrepancies
State v. Villarreal
Accessory after the fact; motion to dismiss; restitution.
State v. Warner
Felonious restraint, false imprisonment, lesser-included offense, sentencing, mitigating factors, presumptive range.
State v. Washington
Domestic violence
Taylor v. Southland Indus., Inc.
Workers Compensation;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-2(5) (2023);
Less than 52 weeks employment;
Average weekly wage;
Methods of computation;
Unchallenged Findings;
Biggs v. Erie Ins. Exch.
Interlocutory order; Failure to show grounds for appellate review; Appellate jurisdiction; Substantial right; Collateral estoppel, Res judicata.
Campbell v. Warren
Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Child Custody; Third-Party Intervenor; Juvenile Petition; Termination of Jurisdiction; Reversed
Duke Univ. Health Sys., Inc. v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs.
certificate of need, public hearing, waiver and estoppel.
Hands v. Hands
Child support; contempt; motion to change venue; motion to reopen judgment
In re: B-L.K.
termination of parental rights, 3.1, willful abandonment, N.C.G.S. § 7B-1111
In re: B.A.J.
termination of parental rights; judicial notice of prior orders; neglect;
In re: K.B.C., A.G.S.C., J.N.C.
Termination of parental rights; incarceration; dependency
In re: P.Z.R., P.W.R.
termination of parental rights, no-merit brief, N.C.Rule of Appellate Procedure 3.1(e)