Appellate Court Opinions

Delinquency adjudication proceeding; whether the trial court's violation of the juvenile's rights under N.C.G.S. § 7B-2405(4) was prejudicial

Whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction over a termination of parental rights proceeding filed while an appeal from an earlier custody order was pending when TPR hearings were not held until after that appeal was decided; application of 2005 amendments to N.C.G.S. § 7B-1003

Motion to suppress; whether police officer had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle

Warrantless search of defendant's vehicle following his arrest for carrying a concealed gun; application of U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Arizona v. Gant

Plaintiff's remedies for defendant's sequential breaches of contract

Whether plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty claim is barred by the statute of limitations

Sufficiency of evidence as to identity of controlled substance where defendant's witness testified it was cocaine

Sufficiency of evidence that defendant constructively possessed marijuana and drug paraphernalia

Whether the trial court complied with N.C.G.S. § 15A-1233(a) when it denied the jury's request to review certain trial testimony during its deliberations

Special Order
Denial of defendant's MAR following his felony convictions; whether defendant met his burden to establish newly discovered evidence meriting a new trial or dismissal of the charges against him; whether the trial court's order denying the MAR must be in writing

Whether the Town's general zoning power authorized it to impose a school impact fee on certain new residential development; whether the Town violated builder-plaintiffs' due process and equal protection rights; applicable statute of limitations

Summary judgment; whether plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to dispute that defendant is the holder of plaintiff's promissory note thus requiring defendant's to submit additional evidence of ownership

Whether the Campus Police Act, as applied to defendant's conviction for driving while impaired, violates the Establishment Clause

Procedural challenge to Council of State's approval of Execution Protocol

Admissibility of juror affidavits to impeach jury verdict and grant plaintiff a new trial pursuant to Rule of Evidence 606 (b)

SBI lab's determination of weight of heroin recovered from defendant; denial of defendant's motion to continue; whether trial court erred in preventing defense counsel from questioning SBI analyst about national study done on forensic labs

Whether trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss a charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon based on insufficient evidence