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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35,415 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-119 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. McLymore

Confrontation Clause; Issue Preservation; Plain Error

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1117 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Meeks

Probation revocation; absconding; uncertain clerical error

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1014 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Moser

PWC, Probation revocation, IAC

, Court of Appeals , COA19-741 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Pabon

Motion to Dismiss, Plain error, Jury instructions, SBM, 404(b), expert testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA20-157 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Razzak

Motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; statutory sexual offense.

, Court of Appeals , COA19-54 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Ruffin

speedy trial; improper opinion; jury instruction; evidentiary hearing

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1159 (Judge Reuben Young) , Unpublished
State v. Schmidt

Motion to Suppress, Eyewitness Identification, Jury Instruction, Exclusion of Evidence, Hearsay, closing Arguments, Cumulative Error

, Court of Appeals , COA19-812 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Shane-Hill

first-degree rape; aggravating factor; prior record level calculation

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1091 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Unpublished
State v. Smith

ineffective assistance of counsel; motion for appropriate relief; sufficient evidence of constructive possession of controlled substances; corroboration of testimony; no plain error in admitting information received from informant

, Court of Appeals , COA20-41 (Judge Christopher Brook) , Unpublished
State v. Stephenson

availability of self-defense instruction to predicate felony under felony murder rule; ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA18-794-2 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Strudwick

satellite based monitoring, remanded for reconsideration in light of State v. Grady III

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1099 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Thompson

Sex offenses; constitutionality of lifetime and 10 year satellite-based monitoring order; admission of PTSD diagnosis without limiting instruction.

, Court of Appeals , COA19-897 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Turner

Expert testimony; experimental evidence; common law evidence test merged into Rule 702 reliability test

, Court of Appeals , COA20-59 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Wells

Search warrant; Probable cause; Totality of the circumstances

, Court of Appeals , COA19-749 (Judge Reuben Young) , Unpublished
State v. Wilson

Gang Affiliation, Limiting Instruction, Unpreserved Error, Cumulative Error

, Supreme Court , 18PA19 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Estate of Savino v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth.

Whether (1) the trial court erred by denying defendant's motion for a directed verdict on pain and suffering damages; (2) the Court of Appeals erred in upholding the denial of defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict ('JNOV') on administrative negligence under N.C.G.S. 90-21.11(2)(b); (3) defendant was entitled to a new trial because it was prejudiced by the alleged intertwining of plaintiff's medical negligence and administrative negligence during trial; and (4) the trial court erred by granting plaintiff's motion for a directed verdict on contributory negligence.

, Supreme Court , 429A19 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re E.B.

Whether grounds existed to terminate the father's parental rights where there was never an adjudication of the minor child as abused, neglected or dependent and whether the evidence supports a finding that the father willfully abandoned his child.

, Supreme Court , 7PA17-3 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
In re J.A.M.

Termination of parental rights; no-merit brief; pro se arguments; district court judge's recusal not required based solely on her entry of prior orders designating adoption as child's permanent plan.