Appellate Court Opinions

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34,637 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1344 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
Quevedo-Woolf v. Overholser

Child Custody; UCCJEA; Jurisdiction; Grandparent; Choice of Law; Full Faith and Credit; Modification; N.C.G.S. Sec. 50A-203; Jurisdiction After Appeal; Rule 59 Motion for New Trial

, Court of Appeals , COA17-996 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
Smith v. NC Bd. of Funeral Serv.

Administrative law; superior court petition for judicial review of final agency decision; impermissible collateral attack on prior agency decision; nonjurisdictional appellate rules violations; Rule 34(b) sanctions.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1361 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
Smith v. NC Dep't of Pub. Instruction

North Carolina Human Resources Act; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126-35(a); Just cause to dismiss career State employee; Specificity of allegations in employee dismissal letter

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1169 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Sneed v. Sneed

Child custody; denial of motion to exclude expert testimony and report of consented to and court-appointed forensic custody evaluator; temporary suspension of parent's visitation rights pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 50-13.5(I)

, Court of Appeals , COA18-134 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Barnes

Jury instruction; disjunctive; motion to dismiss; effective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA18-52 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Brown

Anders v. California, probation revocation, post-conviction proceedings

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1296 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Cataldo

motion for appropriate relief; motion for post-conviction discovery; material and favorable DSS records; in camera review

, Court of Appeals , COA18-337 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Edwards

cross examination; Rule 106; Rule 611; motion for appropriate relief; aggravating factors

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1248 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
State v. Enoch

First Degree Murder; Life Imprisonment Without Parole.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-723 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Fowler

motion for appropriate relief; MAR; narrowed scope of appellate review; trial court granted relief requested by Defendant

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1422 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Gainey

Aggravating Factor, ?very old?, substantial evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1162 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Gray

motion to dismiss; substantial evidence; sufficiency of evidence; sufficiency of the evidence based on circumstantial evidence; felony murder

, Court of Appeals , COA18-15 (Judge Mark Davis) , Unpublished
State v. Hill

Drug trafficking; motion to suppress; warrantless search of probationer; ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA18-63 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Hollifield

Disclosure of co-prior conviction; jury instruction on acting-in-concert theory of guilt; second degree murder based on depraved-heart malice; sentencing.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1408 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Unpublished
State v. Inman

Joinder of Offenses for Trial

, Court of Appeals , COA18-123 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Jilani

Constrictive Possession; Speedy Trial.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-194 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Kelly

motion to dismiss; joinder; jury instructions

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1187 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Lunsford

Satellite-based monitoring, efficacy, state?s burden of proof