Appellate Court Opinions

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, Court of Appeals , COA20-641 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Lewis

State presented evidence sufficient for trial court's denial Defendant's motion to dismiss charges of child abuse by inflicting serious bodily injury and serious physical injury under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-318.4(a) (2019) and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-318.4(a3) (2019).

, Court of Appeals , COA19-781 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Unpublished
State v. Pittman

Constitutional right to counsel,waiver of assigned counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA20-256 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Sechrest

indecent liberties with a child, facially valid indictment with minor?s initials, vouching.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-397 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Watkins

plain error; assault with a deadly weapon; jury instructions; lesser-included offense

, Court of Appeals , COA20-147 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Watson

felony murder; statutory rape; inconsistent verdicts

, Court of Appeals , COA20-483 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
White v. Allstate Ins. Co.

unfair and deceptive practices; admission of untimely affidavit was not abuse of discretion; pre-suit release did not bar claims against non-party; fact issue existed as to when statute of limitations period on unfair and deceptive practices claim began to run; summary judgment was improper where evidence was sufficient to support claim for unfair and deceptive practices

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1152 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
Cousin v. Cousin

issues include whether court miscalculated defendant's income for computing child support and applied the wrong set of child support guidelines; and whether the court erred by entering an alimony award not based upon the income of the parties as of the date of the entry of the order

, Court of Appeals , COA20-532 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
Fecteau v. Spierer

Child custody proceeding; consent order; substantial change in circumstances; absence of findings in initial order; findings of fact; conclusions of law; sufficiency of the evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. 50-13.7(a)

, Court of Appeals , COA20-507 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
In re K.R.

Child custody, UCCJEA, jurisdiction to modify foreign custody determination, temporary emergency jurisdiction

, Court of Appeals , COA20-871 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
In re S.M.

Juvenile disposition order; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2502(c); interdisciplinary evaluation

, Court of Appeals , COA20-212 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
In re: D.A.H.

juvenile delinquency; Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination at the schoolhouse; Miranda warnings required when juveniles subjected to custodial interrogation at school; trial court erred in denying juvenile's motion to suppress statements made during custodial interrogation at school where no Miranda warnings were given

, Court of Appeals , COA20-181 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
In re: E.W.P.

Trial court's jurisdiction over NGRI defendant was proper based on the plain language of N.C. Gen. Stat. 122C-62; physician not entitled to expand parameters of trial court's order

, Court of Appeals , COA20-148 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
In re: L.G.A.

motion to continue, custody, cost and ability to pay for professional supervision