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State v. Cuthbertson
Batson, remand, step three, susceptibility to racial discrimination
State v. Demick
Aggravating Factors; Ambiguous Verdict; Motion to Dismiss; Serious Bodily Injury; Serious Physical Injury; Verdict Sheet; Felony and Misdemeanor Child Abuse; Lesser-Included Offenses; Jury Instruction; Corporal Punishment; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.
State v. Edwards
common-law robbery; dog-tracking evidence; pedigree; characteristics and training; reliability in pursuit; identification; weight vs. admissibility; habitual felon status.
State v. Folsom
4th Amendment;
Search and Seizure;
Automobile exception;
Possession of Cocaine;
Unreasonable extension;
Canine sniff;
State v. Harris
Motion to suppress; failing to report new address as registered sex offender; hearsay.
State v. Johnson
Motion to suppress;
Search and seizure;
Arrest warrant;
Protective sweep;
Terry frisk;
Search warrant;
Plain view;
Reasonable suspicion;
Probable cause;
State v. King
driving while impaired conviction; aggravating factors not found by a jury; reckless driving conviction
State v. Poole
substitution of an alternate juror after deliberations have begun; N.C.G.S. 15A-1215; right to a trial by a jury of twelve; Article I, Section 24 of the North Carolina Constitution; constitutional issue; statutory mandate; invited error
State v. Richardson
motion to dismiss; expired registration; insufficient evidence
State v. Simmons
Evidence Rule 701; lay witness testimony regarding investigative process was not comment on defendant's credibility
State v. Wingate
jury instruction; self-defense; defense of habitation; aggressor doctrine; excessive force; proportionality
Sturdivant v. N.C. Dep't of Pub. Safety
workers' compensation, temporary total disability benefits, extended benefits
Venters v. Lanier
defective notice of appeal; motion to reconsider summary judgment; motion to amend admissions
In re A.J.L.H.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by vacating the trial court's adjudications orders and remanding with instructions to grant specific visitation criteria.
In re G.C.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by determining that the trial court's findings of fact did not support its conclusion of law adjudicating a minor a neglected juvenile.
Mole' v. City of Durham
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that plaintiff-appellant stated a cognizable claim under Article I, Section 1 of the North Carolina Constitution but failed to state a cognizable claim under Article I, Section 19.
Schaeffer v. SingleCare Holdings, LLC
Whether the Due Process Clause permits the trial court to exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state corporate and individual defendants based on business-related activities that the defendants conducted in North Carolina.
State v. Borum
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in determining that a jury's guilty verdict was ambiguous and whether N.C.G.S. ss 14-17(b)(1) requires a criminal defendant to be sentenced for a Class B2 felony when there is evidence introduced at trial that the defendant engaged in an inherently dangerous act or omission, done in such a reckless and wanton manner as to manifest a mind utterly without regard for human life and social duty and deliberately bent on mischief.
State v. Campbell
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that there was no error in the trial court's order finding that defendant failed to make a prima facie showing of purposeful discrimination under Batson v. Kentucky.
State v. Hobbs
Whether the trial court's order on remand finding no Batson violation was clear error.