Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

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35,004 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-91 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Jordan

Motion to suppress evidence gathered following warrantless entry into residence, reasonable expectation of privacy in residence searched, exceptions to the warrant requirement.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-469 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Jordan

Motion to Suppress; Reasonable Suspicion; Traffic Stop; Voluntary Consent

, Court of Appeals , COA21-90 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Unpublished
State v. Jordan

Fourth Amendment; motion to suppress; competent evidence supported findings of fact and findings of fact supported conclusions of law;

, Court of Appeals , COA20-912 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Lewis

sex offense, indecent liberties, child, witness statement, no objection, DNA, sufficient evidence, Eighth Amendment

, Court of Appeals , COA21-507 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Point

robbery with a dangerous weapon; common law robbery; jury instructions; lesser included offense; attorneys' fees; notice and opportunity to be heard

, Court of Appeals , COA20-824 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Powell

Rule 404(b); Indecent Liberties with a Child; Similarity of Prior Sexual Assault

, Court of Appeals , COA19-282 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Sheffield

Rule 401; Rule 404(b); evidence of sexual materials; plain error; satellite based monitoring; error of law; in camera review of sealed documents.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-464 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Trull

Petition for writ of certiorari; post-conviction DNA testing; materiality; no reasonable probability that the verdict would have been more favorable to Defendant

, Court of Appeals , COA21-377 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Unpublished
State v. Turner

Evidence admissible as a recorded recollection, N.C. Gen. Stat. 8C-1, Rule 803(5); Defendant established neither ineffective assistance of counsel nor ineffective assistance of counsel per se; judgment vacated and remanded for resentencing where lack of documentation of defendant's prior convictions impeded defendant's right to appeal his sentence.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-725 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Whitford

Pretrial Determination of Immunity; Instructional Error; Repetitive or Excessive Evidence.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-229 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
TAC Stafford, LLC v. Town of Mooresville

summary judgment; development approvals; off-site improvements; municipal authority; statutory construction; attorneys' fees; reimbursement; exaction; mandamus; mootness

, Court of Appeals , COA21-335 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
Walker v. K&W Cafeterias

Workers' Compensation Act; subrogation; choice of law; distribution of attorneys' fees and costs

, Court of Appeals , COA21-570 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
Webb v. N.C. State Highway Patrol

Industrial commission; subject matter jurisdiction; claims of negligence; intentional torts; constitutional claims.

, Supreme Court , 208A21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re A.E.S.H.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred in adjudicating the existence of neglect, such that there was a probability that neglect would recur if the juvenile was returned to respondent-father's care, and willful failure to correct the conditions that led to the juvenile's removal under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2).

, Supreme Court , 266A21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re A.L.I.

Termination of parental rights; service of a summons upon a nonresident respondent-parent.

, Supreme Court , 113A21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re A.N.D.

Appeal from order terminating respondent-father's parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that termination of parental rights was in the children's best interests.