Appellate Court Opinions

Whether the Fourth Amendment, in light of Rodriguez v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015), permits a police officer to run a driver's license check on a motorist when there is no reasonable suspicion that any criminal activity has occurred.

Whether exigent circumstances justified a warrantless blood draw from an obviously impaired defendant charged with DWI; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motions to suppress evidence and to dismiss all charges.

Petition for writ of certiorari to review order granting respondent's motion for appropriate relief under N.C.G.S. 15A-2010 to -2012 (2009).

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to traffic in opium by transportation.

Whether the Highway Patrol had just cause to terminate a trooper from employment for violating the Patrol's policy on truthfulness.

Whether a county zoning ordinance prohibits landowners from operating a commercial shooting range on their property.

Review of recommendation for public reprimand.

Whether defendants were entitled to an award of certain fees paid in connection with the deposing of plaintiff's designated expert witnesses pursuant to N.C.G.S. 1A-1, Rule 41(d), despite the fact that the witnesses in question did not testify pursuant to a subpoena.

Appeal by a nearby property owner from a decision made by the county zoning administrator; whether that property owner was entitled to a writ of mandamus ordering that the appeal be transmitted to the county board of adjustment.

Whether N.C.G.S. 14-202.5, prohibiting all registered sex offenders from accessing commercial social networking internet sites, is constitutional on its face and as applied.

Whether unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is a lesser-included offense of felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

Whether the trial court erred when it denied defendant's pretrial motion to suppress statements made to the police; whether the initial stop or continued detention of defendant was unconstitutional; whether defendant preserved for appellate review his argument that the admission of certain statements made to the police violated his Fifth Amendment rights.

Appealability of three orders of three-judge panel in Superior Court in Wake County, two entered on 29 December 2014 and one entered on 29 July 2015, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-27(a1).

Workers' Compensation; Injury sustained by an employee while working out of state; Whether the N.C. Industrial Commission has subject matter jurisdiction over the employee's claim under N.C.G.S. 97-36.

Following foreclosure, whether guarantors on a loan secured by the real property can assert a defense under N.C.G.S. 45-21.36 to reduce their individual liability for the debt or whether that defense is available only to the borrower who owned the real property used as collateral for the loan.

Whether in-custody incriminating statements made by a juvenile should be suppressed as inadmissible under N.C.G.S. 7B-2101(b); whether a defendant's uncle qualifies as a guardian or custodian for purposes of that statute.

Motion to suppress evidence; whether a judge can make findings of fact concerning evidence that the judge did not hear.

Whether substantial evidence supported all three of defendant's convictions for first-degree rape of a child.