Appellate Court Opinions

Constitutionality of N.C. ballot access statute

Whether former state employee accrued five years in the Retirement System before seeking long-term disability benefits

First-degree murder (capital/death); consideration of trial court's order following remand to determine defendant's competence to represent himself under Indiana v. Edwards

Admissibility of codefendant's statement under Evidence Rule 804 (b) (5); prejudicial error review

Workers' Compensation; whether employee was injured on the employer's premises

Taxpayers' standing to challenge the constitutionality of the state tax incentives

Whether Defendant is prejudiced by trial court's decision to permit defense counsel to decide whether to use a peremptory challenge during jury selection when defendant disagrees with whether to seat that particular juror

Whether the trial court violated defendant's right to trial by jury by considering defentant's rejection of a plea deal offered by the State when the court determined the severity of defendant's sentence

Review of MAR proceeding denying new trial

Validity of non-stepparent adoptions when the minor's biological parent also seeks to retain parental rights

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by not holding a hearing to determine whether a guardian ad litem should have been appointed for the minor child's mother

Adjudication of neglect; whether trial court was required to make a specific finding that the minor child was at substantial risk

Whether a settlement agreed to by all parties in open court to sell land for a specified price in exchange for a deed to the property complied with N.C.G.S. § 22-2, the Statute of Frauds

Whether in submitting joined mutually exclusive crimes to the jury for determination, the trial court committed plain error in not instructing the jury that it could find defendant guilty of either crime, but not both crimes

Exemption of IRAs and Trial court's authority to allow review of withdrawals from exempt IRAs

First-degree murder (capital/death)