Appellate Court Opinions

Motion to suppress evidence related to defendant's arrest for driving while impaired; whether the traffic stop violated defendant's constitutional rights

First-degree murder (noncapital); whether defendant's motion to dismiss should have been allowed because the State's evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime

Enforceability of a privilege tax imposed by the City on companies purportedly engaged in cyber-gambling; whether summary judgment was properly entered for the City on the companies' claim that the privilege tax violates the N.C. Constitution's prohibition on unjust and inequitable taxes.

Whether petitioner, which was not the original lender named in a promissory note executed by the borrower, was the holder of the note at the time of default and thus had authority to foreclose on respondent's property under the accompanying deed of trust.

Whether sentence reduction credits apply when determining the unconditional release dates of inmates who received eighty-year life sentences for commission of second-degree murder and second-degree burglary

Whether campus police arrest records are subject to the N.C. Public Records Act

Whether trafficking in prescription tablets and pills that contain an opium mixture classified under Schedule III of the N.C. Controlled Substances Act is punishable under N.C.G.S. ? 90-95(h)(4)

Whether defendant's Transcript of Plea and Transcript of Plea Hearing were ambiguous regarding the number of crimes for which he stipulated to existence of an aggravating factor

Whether the North Carolina Felony Firearms Act, which bars certain felons from possessing firearms anywhere, is unconstitutional as-applied to plaintiff.

Whether communications between legislators and attorneys from private firms regarding the 2011 congressional and legislative redistricting plans are protected from discovery by the attorney-client, work-product, or legislative privileges

Whether Property Tax Commission erred in granting summary judgment for taxpayer and concluding that no grounds existed under N.C.G.S. ? 105-287(a) for county to revalue taxpayer's real property during a year in which a general reappraisal was not made

Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; application of N.C.G.S. ?? 50A-110 and 50A-206, governing communications between trial courts when simultaneous child custody proceedings are pending in North Carolina and another State

Whether a contractual provision requiring defendant to pay one-fourth of the cost of providing heat to premises shared with plaintiff is so vague as to be unenforceable; whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant

First-degree murder (noncapital); whether defendant's motion to dismiss should have been allowed because the State's evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime

Change of venue; Denial of plaintiff's motion to recuse trial judge who granted summary judgment in defendants' favor; Judicial review of a private organization's decision to disqualify a participant for violating its tournament rules

Defamation action arising from a negative performance review of an NCSU faculty member; whether trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss based on Rule 12(b) grounds, including sovereign immunity

Whether defendant alleged sufficient facts to defeat a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss counterclaims against a former employee for breach of contract and conversion based on violation of an Employee Confidentiality Agreement