Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

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16,216 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA25-518 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
Bonomo v. Shabat

UCCJEA, subject matter jurisdiction, foreign state, interlocutory order, substantial right

, Court of Appeals , COA25-567 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
Chan v. Severn

child support, alimony, findings not supported by competent evidence, conclusions and decretal paragraphs erroneous; vacated and remanded

, Court of Appeals , COA25-960 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
Hylemon v. Grossoehme

child custody, temporary versus permanent custody order, error in applying best interests standard to a permanent custody order, error in modifying permanent order without finding a substantial change of circumstances

, Court of Appeals , COA25-727 (Judge Julee Flood) , Published
In re: A.C.

Chapter 50, termination of jurisdiction, custody, visitation, improper delegation, clear and convincing evidence, permanency planning

, Court of Appeals , COA24-563 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Cole

first-degree murder; attempted murder; discharging a firearm within an occupied enclosure with the intent to incite fear; self-defense; felony-disqualifier limiting instruction under N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-51.4(1); defense of accident; unpreserved constitutional argument; Rule 2

, Court of Appeals , COA25-516 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Whitt

probation revocation; absconding from supervision; abuse of discretion

, Court of Appeals , COA25-766 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Williams

Motion for Mistrial; Sustained Objection; Substantial and Irreparable Prejudice

, Supreme Court , 66A25 (Justice Richard Dietz) , Published
Armistead v. County of Carteret

Whether the proposed class members in a class action against a county are ascertainable and whether the proposed class satisfies the predominance and superiority criteria.

, Supreme Court , 270PA24 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
Byrd v. Avco Corp.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by dismissing defendants' appeal from the trial court's interlocutory order denying defendants' motion to reconsider.

, Supreme Court , 159PA25 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re N.M.W. and A.N.D.

Whether a trial court's permanency planning order included sufficient findings of fact to satisfy statutory criteria.

, Supreme Court , 97A25 (Justice Allison Riggs) , Published
Jay v. Jay

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order issuing a domestic violence protective order.

, Supreme Court , 64PA24 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Perry

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon.

, Supreme Court , 262PA24 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Thomas

Whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined that the general prohibition on harsher resentencing in N.C.G.S. 15A-1335 did not apply to a case where the initial sentence had violated the mandatory sentencing framework.