Appellate Court Opinions

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33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA22-215 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State of N. Carolina v. Jamie Donte Coleman

First degree murder; Rule 404(b); evidence of assault before shooting; evidence of gunfire after shooting; chain of circumstances; complete story doctrine; plain error; requirement to show evidentiary error prejudicial

, Court of Appeals , COA22-417 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State of N. Carolina v. Paul Brantley Lewis

Impaired driving; denial of motion for appropriate relief; challenge to State?s closing argument; no abuse of discretion; overwhelming evidence of guilt; N.C. Gen. Stat. 8C-1, Rule 702(a1) violation; expert testimony regarding impairment; no plain error; substantial evidence of impaired driving.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-588 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
State v. Adams

trial court erred by conditioning driving while impaired defendant's transfer from supervised to unsupervised probation on the passage of a certain amount of time

, Court of Appeals , COA22-343 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Campbell

DVPO, Domestic violence protective order, probable impact, instructional error.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-362 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
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

, Court of Appeals , COA21-725 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. George Steen

ineffective assistance of counsel; motion for appropriate relief; prejudice; inadequate investigation

, Court of Appeals , COA22-502 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
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

, Court of Appeals , COA22-509 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Jaqwon Fincher

sentencing; rules of evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 15A-1334(b); arguments of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA22-128 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Kevin Johnson

cross-examination; impeachment; evidence of past mental health; expert testimony; confrontation rights; consecutive sentences

, Court of Appeals , COA21-700 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Leonard Avery

possession of stolen goods; continuing offense; N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 14-71.1

, Court of Appeals , COA21-696 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
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.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-348 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
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;

, Court of Appeals , COA22-300 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Meris

Gatekeeping Order; Post-Conviction Motions; Certiorari

, Court of Appeals , COA22-487 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
State v. Michael Ray Trapp

omission of advanced supervised release from amended judgment was clerical error requiring correction on remand

, Court of Appeals , COA20-839 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
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