Appellate Court Opinions

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33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA22-92 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Cuthbertson

Batson, remand, step three, susceptibility to racial discrimination

, Court of Appeals , COA22-415 (Judge Allison Riggs) , Published
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.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-706 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Edwards

common-law robbery; dog-tracking evidence; pedigree; characteristics and training; reliability in pursuit; identification; weight vs. admissibility; habitual felon status.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-731 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Folsom

4th Amendment;
Search and Seizure;
Automobile exception;
Possession of Cocaine;
Unreasonable extension;
Canine sniff;

, Court of Appeals , COA22-566 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Harris

Motion to suppress; failing to report new address as registered sex offender; hearsay.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-363 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Johnson

Motion to suppress;
Search and seizure;
Arrest warrant;
Protective sweep;
Terry frisk;
Search warrant;
Plain view;
Reasonable suspicion;
Probable cause;

, Court of Appeals , COA22-469 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. King

driving while impaired conviction; aggravating factors not found by a jury; reckless driving conviction

, Court of Appeals , COA22-836 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
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

, Court of Appeals , COA22-797 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Richardson

motion to dismiss; expired registration; insufficient evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA22-642 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Unpublished
State v. Simmons

Evidence Rule 701; lay witness testimony regarding investigative process was not comment on defendant's credibility

, Court of Appeals , COA22-641 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Wingate

jury instruction; self-defense; defense of habitation; aggressor doctrine; excessive force; proportionality

, Court of Appeals , COA22-854 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
Venters v. Lanier

defective notice of appeal; motion to reconsider summary judgment; motion to amend admissions

, Supreme Court , 35PA21 (Justice Richard Dietz) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 241A22 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 394PA21 (Per Curiam) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 321PA21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 505PA20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 97A20-2 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 263PA18-2 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Hobbs

Whether the trial court's order on remand finding no Batson violation was clear error.