Appellate Court Opinions

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2,610 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 64A21 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
State v. Conner

Whether imposition of two consecutive sentences which together make a juvenile defendant eligible for parole after forty-five years in prison constituted de facto life without parole in violation of the state or federal constitutions as applied to a juvenile offender found guilty of first-degree murder and first-degree rape and who the trial court determined was neither incorrigible nor irredeemable.

, Supreme Court , 298A21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Dover

Whether the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence.

, Supreme Court , 442PA20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
State v. Kelliher

Whether imposition of two consecutive sentences of life with parole constituted de facto life without parole in violation of the state or federal constitutions as applied to juvenile offender found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder who trial court determined to be not incorrigible.

, Supreme Court , 379PA18-2 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Killette

Petition for writ of certiorari; whether the Court of Appeals is constrained by N.C. R. App. P. 21 in exercising its discretion to allow or deny the writ.

, Supreme Court , 27A21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Tripp

Whether the trial court's findings of fact in its order denying defendant's motion to suppress were supported by competent evidence; whether the seizure and subsequent search of defendant was constitutional.

, Supreme Court , 26A21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Blue v. Bhiro

Whether the trial court considered matters outside the pleading and thus converted a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss to a Rule 56 motion for summary judgment.

, Supreme Court , 141PA20 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
Cherry Cmty. Org. v. Sellars

Whether, under common law agency tenets, a principal in a joint real estate development venture is imputed with the knowledge of a co-principal's intent to defraud creditors by way of an insider conveyance of real estate property that is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the co-principal's creditor.

, Supreme Court , 465A20 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Cunningham v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in applying a de novo standard of review in reviewing findings of the Industrial Commission under the timely-filing requirement of N.C.G.S. 97-24 and reversing the Commission's dismissal of plaintiff's claim on that basis.

, Supreme Court , 123A21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re A.N.H.

Appeal from order terminating respondent's parental rights; termination of respondent's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); neglect.

, Supreme Court , 328A21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re B.E.V.B.

Termination of parental rights; adjudication of ground for termination of willful abandonment pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7).

, Supreme Court , 141A21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re B.R.L.

Termination of parental rights; adjudication of ground for termination based on neglect under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).

, Supreme Court , 310A21 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
In re B.R.W.

Whether the trial court's factual findings supported its legal conclusion that respondent-mother had acted inconsistently with her constitutionally protected status as a parent by ceding custody of her minor children to their paternal grandmother and whether the trial court appropriately applied the 'best interests of the child' standard in awarding guardianship to the paternal grandmother.

, Supreme Court , 138A21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re C.A.B.

Whether the trial court violated respondent-father's constitutional rights when it denied his request for a continuance, preventing him from appearing at a hearing on a petition for termination of his parental rights because the federal prison where respondent-father was incarcerated was under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

, Supreme Court , 132PA21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re J.N.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding that respondent-father failed to preserve his constitutional argument.

, Supreme Court , 191A21 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
In re K.Q.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the evidence and findings supported the conclusion that there was a likelihood of repetition of neglect.

, Supreme Court , 217A21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re L.A.J.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying respondent-mother's motion to continue the termination hearing.

, Supreme Court , 274A21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re S.D.C.

Appeal from an order terminating respondent's parental rights; whether evidence supports the trial court's dispositional findings of fact; whether the trial court abused its discretion in concluding it was in the child's best interests to terminate respondent's parental rights.

, Supreme Court , 126PA20 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Boyd

On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-31 seeking review of the sufficiency of defendant's indictment.