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, Court of Appeals , COA17-916 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Greene

Indigent defendant's attorney's fees; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7A-455; Pretrial confinement credit; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15-196.1.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1157 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Hewitt

Batson v. Kentucky; Race-neutral explanation; Juror misconduct; Mistrial

, Court of Appeals , COA17-114 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Jones

ineffective assistance of counsel claim, self-defense, bench trial, not deficient performance

, Court of Appeals , COA18-307 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Milligan

Probation revocation; New criminal offense; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1345(e)notice requirement.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1294 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Pratt

Indictment; Facially invalid; Motion to amend

, Court of Appeals , COA17-883 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Pruitt

second-degree sexual offense; motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence on the element of force; jury instructions on the element of force; reliability under Daubert of sexual assault nurse examiner's expert opinion testimony under Rule 702(a); attorneys' fees

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1105 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Raborn

armed robbery; jury instructions; alleged error in failing to instruct on lesser-included offenses of common law robbery and assault with a deadly weapon

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1273 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
State v. Ramirez

probation revocation; motion to suppress; subject matter jurisdiction

, Court of Appeals , COA17-518 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Williams

Expert testimony; N.C.R. Evid. 702(a); Daubert reliability inquiry; firearm toolmark identification; prior inconsistent statements; plain error review

, Court of Appeals , COA17-341 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
Walker v. Hoke Cty.

Motion to Dismiss; Rule 12(b)(1) of N.C. Rules of Civil Procedure; Taxpayer standing; Amotion

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1366 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
Wolfe v. Poindexter

summons; service of process; personal jurisdiction

, Supreme Court , 146PA17 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
Brackett v. Thomas

Civil revocation of driver's license under N.C.G.S. § 20-16.2 for alleged DWI; whether the person charged 'willfully refused' to submit to a breathalyzer test in violation of subdivision 20-16.2(d)(5).

, Supreme Court , 363PA17 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re J.M. and J.M.

Appeal by father from adjudication, dispositional, and permanency planning order relieving DSS from further efforts to reunify him with his minor children; whether, at the hearing on the matter, the trial court erred in admitting hearsay statements made by the children's mother under Rules of Evidence 801(d) and 803(4).

, Supreme Court , 307PA15-2 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Kaestner 1992 Family Tr. v. N.C. Dep't of Revenue

Appeal from Court of Appeals decision affirming the N.C. Business Court's grant of summary judgment for plaintiff, an out-of-state trust, in a civil action seeking refund of taxes paid on income earned by the trust but not distributed to a North Carolina resident; whether N.C.G.S. § 105-160.2, under which the tax was assessed, as applied here violates due process under the North Carolina and United States Constitutions.

, Supreme Court , 110PA16-2 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
N.C. State Bd. of Educ. v. State

Whether the statutory requirement that all administrative rules proposed by the State Board of Education first be reviewed and approved by the N.C. Rules Review Commission violates the separation of powers; construction of the Board's powers under Article IX, Section 5 of the N.C. Constitution in relation to N.C.G.S. Chapter 150B, the Administrative Procedure Act.

, Supreme Court , 333PA17 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
N.C. State Bd. of Educ. v. State

Whether Article IX of the N.C. Constitution prohibits the General Assembly from transferring certain powers and duties of the State Board of Education to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.