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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2,590 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 351A22 (Justice Allison Riggs) , Published
D.V. Shah Corp. v. VroomBrands, LLC

Whether a trial court reversibly errs in failing to exercise its discretion to hear oral testimony at summary judgment based on a misapprehension of law.

, Supreme Court , 296A22 (Justice Trey Allen) , Published
Morris v. Rodeberg

Whether the Court of Appeals correctly concluded that plaintiff's medical malpractice action was barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

, Supreme Court , 227A22 (Justice Trey Allen) , Published
N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Herring

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant qualified as a resident of her mother's household for purposes of the underinsured motorist policy issued to her mother.

, Supreme Court , 278PA21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
State v. Alvarez

Officers had independent reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop. The traffic stop did not violate defendant's Fourth Amendment rights.

, Supreme Court , 264A21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
State v. Beck

Evidence considered in the light most favorable to the State was sufficient to support the trial court's decision to submit multiple counts of conspiracy to the jury.

, Supreme Court , 344PA21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Fritsche

Whether the trial court erred in its interpretation of N.C.G.S. 14 208.12A and its denial of defendant's petition for removal from the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry.

, Supreme Court , 240A22 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Lancaster

Whether the common law crime of going armed to the terror of the public contains an essential element that the conduct occur on a public highway.

, Supreme Court , 113A96-4 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Tucker

Whether defendant's Batson claims are procedurally barred under N.C.G.S. 15A-1419.

, Supreme Court , 187A22 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Wilson

Whether defendant is entitled to an instruction on second-degree murder as a lesser-included offense of first-degree murder pursued under the theory of felony murder.

, Supreme Court , 208PA22 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
State v. Woolard

Whether this Court properly granted the State's petition for certiorari, and whether a police officer had probable cause to arrest a motorist for driving while impaired.

, Supreme Court , 314PA21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Wynn v. Frederick

Whether magistrates are other officers under N.C.G.S. 58-76-5 and accordingly may be sued under their official bond and whether judicial immunity is an available defense to official capacity claims against judicial officers.

, Supreme Court , 94A22 (Per Curiam) , Published
Batson v. Coastal Res. Comm'n

Whether the Coastal Resources Commission's denial of petitioners' request for a contested case hearing was substantially justified and therefore did not support an award of attorneys' fees to petitioners.

, Supreme Court , 393PA21 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Arthur

Whether an officer may present lay testimony regarding the identity of a controlled substance.

, Supreme Court , 95A22 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Julius

Whether the trial court erred by denying defendant's motion to suppress.

, Supreme Court , 276A22 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
State v. Pickens

Whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence of defendant's prior bad acts pursuant to Rule 404(b) of the North Carolina Rules of Evidence and whether during sentencing the trial court improperly considered defendant's decision to exercise his right to a jury trial.

, Supreme Court , 120A22 (Justice Trey Allen) , Published
Town of Midland v. Harrell

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the Town of Midland had standing to bring a lawsuit against defendants for violations of its land development ordinance.