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State v. Justin Lee Abernathy
Motion to suppress, reasonable suspicion for investigatory stop, probable cause to search vehicle, de minimis extension of stop for K9 sniff
State v. Kirk
Anders brief;
Motion to Preserve;
Evidence + DNA;
Testing
State v. Laquan Leon Williams
First Degree Murder;
Premeditation and Deliberation;
Lying in Wait;
Motion to Dismiss;
Jury Instructions;
Denial of Mistrial
State v. Lassiter
first-degree murder, attempted murder, insanity defense, victim impact evidence
State v. Lawson
Criminal Pleadings, Sufficiency of Indictments, Animal Cruelty, Improper Closing Argument
State v. Mason Troy Nickelson
possession of a weapon by a prisoner; sufficiency of indictment; motion to dismiss; lay opinion
State v. Mintz
driving while impaired, motion to continue, motion to dismiss
State v. Outlaw
Suppression motion, traffic stop, consent, consensual encounter with public officer, scope of consent
State v. Samuel Boswelf
possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver marijuana; motion for joinder; motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence; intent element
State v. See
voluntary discovery; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-903; laboratory records
Suozzo v. Suozzo
separation agreement, the doctrine of laches, accumulation of payment obligation
Zhang v. Zhang
Summary judgment, issue of material fact, defamation, truth of statements, negligence, breach of duty
Supreme Court Opinions Filed August 19, 2022
Anderson Creek Partners, L.P. v. Cnty. of Harnett
Whether 'capacity use' fees charged to residential property developers for the purpose of expanding and improving the county's water and sewage system as a precondition for the county's concurrence in a developer's application to the Department of Environmental Quality for a required water and sewer permit constitute monetary exactions subject to review under the 'unconstitutional conditions' doctrine.
Buckley, LLP v. Series 1 of Oxford Ins. Co., NC, LLC
Affirming a business court order and opinion based on its proper application of the law of attorney-client privilege to communications with an outside law firm made in the course of investigation of alleged violations of company's sexual harassment policy.
Connette v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth.
Whether advanced practice registered nurses owe a statutory, professional duty of care to patients in the context of the planning of, collaboration on, and selection of a patient's treatment.
In re M.B.
Whether the trial court erred in terminating respondent's parental rights for neglect and failure to show reasonable progress in correcting the conditions which led to removal under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (2).
Miller v. Carolina Coast Emergency Physicians, LLC
Whether a motion to dismiss for failure to comply with Rule 9(j) should be assessed based on what the plaintiff reasonably believed at the time the Rule 9(j) certification was filed. Whether the Court of Appeals utilized the correct standard of review in examining whether certain evidence was properly admitted under Rule 702.
N.C. State Conf. of NAACP v. Moore
Whether a General Assembly comprised of legislators elected pursuant to legislative districts that had been determined to be unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered possessed the authority to initiate the process for amending the North Carolina Constitution.
Nation Ford Baptist Church, Inc. v. Davis
Whether the trial court could entertain any of the claims brought by the former pastor of a church who alleged he was improperly terminated by the church's Board of Directors, or whether doing so required the court to become impermissibly entangled with ecclesiastical matters in violation of the First Amendment.