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 , COA15-1145 (Judge Douglas McCullough) , Published
State v. Patterson

preservation of issues; evidence; lay witness opinion testimony Rule 701

, Court of Appeals , COA16-461 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Pless

Unauthorized Sentence, Plea Agreement Vacated

, Court of Appeals , COA16-254 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Ross

Felonious Safecracking, Variance in Indictment, Jury Instruction, Plain Error, Video Authentication

, Court of Appeals , COA15-1262 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Soots

residence hearsay exception, right to confront witnesses, preindictment delay

, Court of Appeals , COA16-267 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Webb

Sentencing, MAR, Voluntary Plea.

, Court of Appeals , COA16-19 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Wright

motion to suppress, preservation of error for appeal, failure to object

, Court of Appeals , COA16-210 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
Walter v. Walter

Personal Jurisdiction - insufficient minimum contacts

, Court of Appeals , COA16-194 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Unpublished
Wilson v. Curtis

Summary Judgment; Notice of Appeal; Timeliness.

, Supreme Court , 5PA15 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
CommScope Credit Union v. Butler & Burke, LLP

Whether defendant owed a fiduciary duty to plaintiff when defendant audited plaintiff's financial statements; whether plaintiff is barred from recovery by the doctrines of contributory negligence and in pari delicto.

, Supreme Court , 76A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
Holt v. NCDOT

Action under the State Tort Claims Act to recover for wrongful deaths resulting from a motor vehicle collision at an intersection; appeal from Industrial Commission's decision and order awarding damages to decedents' estates; whether DOT's failure to install a traffic signal at the intersection was a proximate cause of the wreck; whether the intentional acts of the drivers of two speeding vehicles that directly caused the collision insulated DOT from liability.

, Supreme Court , 54A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re C.L.S.

Whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusions of law that respondent-father's parental rights should be terminated under N.C.G.S. § 7B-1111(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(5).

, Supreme Court , 432PA15 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Anderson

Appeal from conviction for common law obstruction of justice, as elevated to a felony under N.C.G.S. § 14-3(b); whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss based on insufficient evidence.

, Supreme Court , 66A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Collins

Whether the Court of Appeals majority erred in affirming the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained via a strip search.

, Supreme Court , 385PA15 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Nkiam

Whether a noncitizen who pleaded guilty to a deportable crime but claimed that he was not correctly advised by counsel of the immigration consequences of his plea should be allowed to withdraw it; application of U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky.