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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15,969 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA18-76-2 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Dravis

Reconvening order; satellite-based monitoring; reasonable warrantless search; Fourth Amendment; sex offense crimes; sufficient evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA19-288 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Goins

Closing argument; Improper argument; Constitutional Rights; New Trial

, Court of Appeals , COA19-521 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Parker

Possession of firearm by a felon; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; habitual felon; circumstantial evidence; non-preservation of a constitutional issue; improper closing argument.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-1082 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Patterson

Plain error; Ineffective assistance of counsel; Attorney Fees

, Court of Appeals , COA19-184 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Wilson

PWISD cocaine; Sufficiency of the evidence; Intent

, Supreme Court , 159A19 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
In re C.J.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); whether findings of fact support conclusions of law on adjudication.

, Supreme Court , 172A19 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re J.H.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred in the disposition phase by finding that each of respondent-mother's children had a high probability of adoption.

, Supreme Court , 110A19 (Justice Mark Davis) , Published
In re K.N.

Appeal from an order terminating parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the trial court's findings of facts are supported by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence; whether the trial court's findings of fact support its conclusion of law that grounds exist to terminate parental rights on the basis of neglect.

, Supreme Court , 229A19 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
In re S.D.C.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to consider the availability of a potential relative placement at disposition.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-870 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
Common Cause v. Forest

Swiftly enacted state legislation; constitutional challenge; meaning of Right to Instruct Clause

, Court of Appeals , COA19-378 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
Hampton v. Hearn

medical malpractice; proximate cause; intervening negligence

, Court of Appeals , COA19-490 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
In re: H.D.H.

Probation, Extension, Written Findings

, Court of Appeals , COA19-668 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Lawrence v. Lawrence

Petition to partition; reimbursement to co-tenant; statutes of limitations: NCGS 1-52(1) and NCGS 1-56; burden on summary judgment; presumption of validity of marriage; laches as an affirmative defense, NCGS 1A-1, Rule 8(c).

, Court of Appeals , COA18-998 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Campbell

sufficiency of evidence for appellate review - motion to dismiss appeal; racial discrimination in use of peremptory challenges in jury selection - prima facie claim - Batson v Kentucky

, Court of Appeals , COA19-281 (Judge Christopher Brook) , Published
State v. Jones

probation revocation; probationer's right to confrontation at revocation hearing

, Court of Appeals , COA19-554 (Judge Reuben Young) , Published
State v. Meader

Voluntary Intoxication, Jury Instruction