Appellate Court Opinions

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35,004 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA22-41 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Edwards

Indictment, sufficiency, larceny, schools, board of education, MAR

, Court of Appeals , COA22-148 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Eugene Green

petition for writ of certiorari; trial in absentia; habitual felon; statutory right to notice of charge; clerical error

, Court of Appeals , COA21-768 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Hendrix

insufficient evidence, plain error review, disjunctive jury instruction, involuntary manslaughter

, Court of Appeals , COA22-70 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Kelly

unpreserved error: defense did not move to strike officer's nonresponsive opinion testimony; officer's nonresponsive opinion testimony was not plain error; state produced sufficient evidence that defendant was the perpetrator; double jeopardy: armed robbery of two employees of the same store supports judgment for only a single armed robbery.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-685 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
State v. Lucas

Motion to suppress; warrantless search pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1343(b)(13); reasonable belief as to probationer's premises; search directly related to probationer's probation supervision; implied consent to search; facial challenge of search warrant affidavit; sufficient showing of probable cause.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-220 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Moore

no per se ineffective assistance of counsel where Defendant previously consented to counsel's strategy of arguing self-defense and arguing for lesser-included offenses; no ineffective assistance of counsel claim where Defendant consented to self-defense strategy and called only one defense witness; no prejudicial error where the trial court admitted certain opinion evidence of a detective

, Court of Appeals , COA22-132 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Priscilla Anne Modlin

Drug possession; plain error; statements to prospective jurors explaining charges against defendant; authentication of video and audio recordings; judgment for both sale and delivery for same transaction

, Court of Appeals , COA22-368 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Sharif Moore

petition for a writ of certiorari; motion to dismiss; failure to notify of address change

, Court of Appeals , COA22-258 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Tabb

Possession and Distribution of Illegal drugs;
U.S. Constitution 4th Amendment;
Search and Seizure;
N.C. Constitution Article 1, §20;
Stationary vehicle;
Reasonable Suspicion;
Detention of individual;
Plain view;
Industrial Hemp;
Probable cause

, Court of Appeals , COA21-10 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Teague

postal interdiction; motion to suppress; waiver of appellate review; Industrial Hemp Act; motion to dismiss; lay opinion testimony; identification of marijuana as a controlled substance; conspiracy; statements of a co-conspirator

, Court of Appeals , COA22-53 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Tevin Friday

plain error for evidence; jury instructions lesser included offenses; jury instruction acting in concert; ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA22-39 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Tina Jaraczewski Wilson

Embezzlement; obtaining property by false pretenses; sufficiency of the evidence; plain error; foundation for admission of bank records

, Court of Appeals , COA22-165 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Williams

sufficiency of evidence, constructive possession of a firearm, habitual felon, totality of circumstances

, Court of Appeals , COA22-135 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
The N.C. State Bar v. Megaro

adequate evidence to support the DHC's findings of fact, and the findings of fact adequately support the conclusions of law where Defendant entered into a representation agreement with brothers who did not have the capacity to understand the agreement due to their low IQs and adaptive functioning deficits