Appellate Court Opinions

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34,637 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-770 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
Maher Mohd Ali El-Hatto v. Hasan Mohammad Ali El-Hatto

Property distribution agreement; Applicability of foreign law; Constructive trust; Implied constructive trust; Express trust; General warranty deed; Land contract; Chain of title; Ownership of property.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-199 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
Mangum v. WRAL-5 News

Dismissal; pro se appellant; substantial failure to comply with the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure; default under non-jurisdictional Rules 3, 9, 26, and 28.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-588 (Judge April Wood) , Published
N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., Inc. v. Carpenter

Legionnaire's Disease; Insurance Policy's Fungi or Bacteria Exclusion; Insurance Policy's Consumption Exception; Summary judgment; Interlocutory appeal; Construction and interpretation of an insurance contract is a question of law; Insurer's duty to defend; Duty to indemnify.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-30 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
Neeley v. Fields

Legal malpractice; easements of record; construction of deeds

, Court of Appeals , COA21-788 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Aaron Harrison

Assault inflicting serious bodily injury; sufficiency of evidence of serious bodily injury

, Court of Appeals , COA21-620 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Booth

no plain error where an officer testified to the contents of a search warrant and the search warrant/affidavit were entered into evidence; motion to dismiss properly denied where there was sufficient evidence that the green leafy substance seized was marijuana

, Court of Appeals , COA21-701 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
State v. Eagle

officer approaching the defendant in police cruiser with blue lights flashing while blocking the only way for the defendant to leave was not a situation in which a reasonable person would feel free to leave and constituted a seizure under the Fourth Amendment

, Court of Appeals , COA17-386-3 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Griffin

Satellite-Based Monitoring; Term of Years; Mental, Physical, or Sexual Abuse of a Minor; Fourth Amendment Reasonableness

, Court of Appeals , COA22-163 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Guice

First Amendment, true threats, communicating threats, subjective component.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-126 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Hunter

motion to suppress properly denied where officer shined flashlight into vehicle and seized a plastic baggie of contraband in plain view; officer's subjective motive for a stop has no bearing in Fourth Amendment analysis

, Court of Appeals , COA22-183 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Joshua Arron Mullis

Statutory sex offense with a child; indecent liberties; appellate jurisdiction; petition for a writ of certiorari; lack of written notice of appeal from civil sex offender registration order; unpreserved challenge to sex offender registration; sufficiency of foundation for expert testimony on DNA evidence; cross-examination of defendant about inconsistent statements; evidence of penetration; failure to instruct jury on attempted sex offense

, Court of Appeals , COA22-216 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Mason

expert opinion; Rule 702(a); lay opinion; self-defense

, Court of Appeals , COA22-115 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Steele

admission of evidence; interfering or intimidating a witness

, Court of Appeals , COA22-252 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Travis Leon Barrett

Statutory rape of a child, N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-27.25(A);
Fourth Amendment;
Consent to search;
Consent to enter

, Court of Appeals , COA21-761 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Watson

expert testimony; non-testifying expert testimony is admissible as the basis of testifying expert's opinion; officer testifying about HGN may not specify to specific alcohol concentration

, Court of Appeals , COA22-40 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
Velmont Enter.s, Inc. v. Patch of Land Lending, LLC

trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment in favor of creditor whose wired funds lender refused to accept, in breach of agreement to satisfy obligation for less than originally agreed, or for awarding creditor statutory damages and ordering creditor to cancel liens on deeds of trust securing obligation