Appellate Court Opinions

Whether de novo appeals of small claim actions to district court must comply with N.C. R. Civ. P. 8(c)

Whether buyers complied with real estate purchase contract and addendum provisions when they terminated contract

Dismissal of appeal for failure to include proof of service with notice of appeal

Workers' Compensation; whether Erwin Oil is statutory employer of convenience store employee under N.C.G.S. § 97-19

Commercial not-for-hire vehicle; whether N.C.G.S. §§ 20-309(a1) and -279.21 place duty to provide required minimum coverage amounts on owner or insurer

Worker's Compensation; must Industrial Commission make findings on extent of employee's disability when Comm'n awards benefits for permanent impairment?

Workers' Compensation; whether Indus. Comm'n made sufficient findings retarding extent and nature of employee's disability

Jury selection; trial court's denial of challenges for cause; whether defendant complied with N.C.G.S. § 15A-1214 and showed prejudicial error

Robbery conviction based on acting in concert theory; whether defendant was constructively present during the crime

Evidence sufficient to support a charge of acting in concert or aiding and abetting

Estate; allegations of fraud against former attorney-in-fact; Dead Man's Statute; summary judgment

Private party intervention in contested case challenging civil penalty assessment

Judicial censure; issuance of ex parte order

2003 N.C. House redistricting plan; effect of whole county provision of N.C. Constitution on District 18; application of Voting Rights Act of 1965 to District 18

First-degree murder (capital/death)

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Felony sentencing; constitutionality of trial court's unilateral finding of four aggravating factors; imposition of attorney fees under N.C.G.S. § 7A-455

On remand; victim's statements to police; application of Davis v. Washington

Whether N.C.G.S. § 7B-2101 gives juvenile right to aunt's presence during police interrogation