Appellate Court Opinions

Scope of consent to search one's person for illegal drugs

Workers' compensation insurance policy; whether N.C. Ins. Guar. Ass'n must pay 10% increase in compensation awarded under N.C.G.S. § 97-12; if so whether employer must reimburse

Manufactured housing; alleged unfair or deceptive trade practices, non-buyer's standing to bring UDTP claim

Whether appeal related to civil no-contact order is moot once the order expires; interpretation of N.C.G.S. § 5CC-1(6)

Work-related injury; concurrent claims before Industrial Commission in civil court; interlocutory appeal from trial court's denial of summary judgment to L.L.C. that was sole member-manager of injured worker's employer

Ajudication and dispositional order finding abuse under N. C. G. S. Section 7B-101(1); whether trial court erred by stating which parties abused the child instead of simply stating that the child met the statutory definitions of an abused juvenile.

N. C. G. G Section 7B-1104(5); whether failure to attach copy of custody order to petition to terminate parental rights deprived trial court of subject matter jurisdiction.

Eminent domain; valuation of a new utility easement located within an existing easement.#+#

Statutory inpterpretation; scope of review of final agency decision under N. C. G. S. Section 150B-51(c).

Whether second-degree kidnapping charge should be dismissed when defendant is charged and convicted of robbery with a dangerous weapon

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to support defendant's convictions for perjury and making false statements in his affidavit of indigency.

Constitutionality of county noise ordinance

First-degree murder (non-capital); whether a defendant who establishes that he was unable to tell right from wrong when he committed the crime is entitled to a jury instsruction on the lesser-included offense of second degree murder.

Defendant's Blakely-complaint admission that he was on pretrial release at the time of the offenses allowed trial court to impose aggravated sentences; sufficient evidence existed to support defendant's conviction for discharging a weapon into occupied property; no entitlement to new sentencing hearing.

First-degree burglary; variance between underlying felony specified in indictment and felony described in jury instructions; prejudicial effect.

First-degree murder (capital/death)

First-degree murder; non-capital; evidence of prior similar act under Rule 404(b); whether or admission of evidence seized under invalid search warrant was harmless error; prosecutor's improper remarks in closing re. credibility of State's witnesses.

Appeal dismissal for failure to notice of appeal to comply with N.C. R. App. P. 3(a)