Appellate Court Opinions

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15,969 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA18-380 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
In re: L.E.M.

Termination of Parental Rights.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1188 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Bice

no error in the trial court's admission of hearsay; no fatal variance between indictment for trafficking opium by possession and the State's evidence; no error in the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the statutory ultimate user exemption; and ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1333 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Dixon

Motion to Suppress; Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Rule 404 Evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA18-79 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Grandy

embezzlement; entrustment; possession; control

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1397 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Isaacs

Set aside bond forfeiture; statutory factors; burden on surety; judicial notice; motion to amend; abuse of discretion.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1415 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. McQueen

Ineffective assistance of counsel; failure to correct inaccuracies in witness testimony and prosecutor's closing argument; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1052(c) and 15A-1054; failure to preserve constitutional issue for appellate review.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-9 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Osborne

Possession of heroin; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; requirement of scientifically valid chemical analysis to identify controlled substance; exception where defendant makes statement identifying controlled substance

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1158 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Vann

Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; reliability of eye witness identification; jailhouse telephone conversation; Rule of Completeness; Confrontation Clause; failure to preserve.

, Supreme Court , 3A08-4 (Per Curiam) , Published
Adams Creek Assocs. v. Davis

Appeal from trial court's refusal to release defendants from jail due to their continued failure to comply with conditions imposed in an order of civil contempt; whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's order when the trial court did not consider defendants' evidence that they are unable to comply with the contempt order, as required under N.C.G.S. 5A-21(a)(3).

, Supreme Court , 294PA17 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Austin

Whether N.C.G.S. 15A-954(a)(9) establishes a procedure to hear a pretrial motion by a defendant to dismiss a murder charge based on the immunity provision of section 14-51.2, the 'castle doctrine.'

, Supreme Court , 68A18 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Krider

Whether the trial court erred in revoking defendant's probation under N.C.G.S. 15A-1344(f) after his probationary term expired; whether the State presented sufficient evidence that defendant willfully absconded probation in violation of N.C.G.S. 15A-1343(b)(3a) and whether the trial court abused its discretion in making that finding.

, Supreme Court , 421PA17 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. McPhaul

Whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in admitting testimony from the State's expert in fingerprint identification that tied defendant to the crimes for which he was convicted.

, Supreme Court , 330A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Sayre

Whether an indigent defendant made a sufficient showing of 'materiality' under N.C.G.S. 15A-269 to require the trial court to appoint counsel to assist with his post-conviction motion for DNA testing to support his claim of innocence.