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, Court of Appeals , COA17-698 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
N. v. McRae

summary judgment; interlocutory order; negligence; jurisdiction

, Court of Appeals , COA17-697 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
Seguro-Suarez v. Key Risk Ins. Co.

Motion to Dismiss; Subject-Matter Jurisdiction; Workers' Compensation Act; Malicious Prosecution; Privity; Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1276 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
Slade v. Petty

Property, Adverse Possession, Open and Notorious, Hostile

, Court of Appeals , COA17-725 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Ayers

Self defense, NCGS 14-51.3; duty to retreat, deadly force, required jury instruction; light most favorable to defendant.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-23 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Chisholm

Rule of Evidence 403; Standard of review- abuse of discretion; body-camera footage; defendant's use of racially derogatory terms; malicious conduct by a prisoner, NCGS 14-258.4; assault on an officer, NCGS 14-33(c)(4); resisting arrest, NCGS 14-223; spitting blood and bodily fluids.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-640 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Crooms

bond forfeiture; petition for remission; electronic-monitoring device; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-544.8; extraordinary circumstances; plain language of statute; reversed

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1377 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Degraphenreed

Motion to suppress, warrantless vehicle search-narcotics, probable cause-totality of the circumstances, confidential informant, open air dog sniff-failure to preserve.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1077 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Gordon

Satellite-Based Monitoring, Sex Offender, Fourth Amendment,

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1420 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Hayes

Motion to dismiss; Jury instruction; Invited error

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1306 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Johnson

Chain of Custody, Motion to Dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA18-170 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Keels

sexual offenses with a child; indecent liberties with a child; waived appeal; dismissed; not preserved at trial; prior allegations of sexual assault; prior bad acts; Rape Shield Law

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1332 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Locklear

motion to dismiss; manufacture methamphetamine; ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA17-643 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Maldonado

Preservation of Error; Rules 403 and 404(b) Evidence; Sentencing

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1302 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
State v. Mathis

Unlawfully accessing a government computer; obtaining property by false pretenses;selective prosecution.

, Court of Appeals , COA16-424-2 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Miller

Ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1206-2 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Miller

First degree murder; jury instructions on lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter; plain error; denial of request for special instruction; heat of passion

, Court of Appeals , COA17-759 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Perez

motion to set aside bond forfeitures; sufficiency of the evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. ? 15A-544.5; Immigration Customs and Enforcement; ICE; deported; waived appeal; unavailability of verbatim transcript; narration of transcription