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Lippard v. Diamond Hill Baptist Church
Subject matter jurisdiction; core ecclesiastical matters; church membership; due process; motion to dismiss.
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
State v. Dixon
Motion to Suppress; Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Rule 404 Evidence
State v. Grandy
embezzlement; entrustment; possession; control
State v. Isaacs
Set aside bond forfeiture; statutory factors; burden on surety; judicial notice; motion to amend; abuse of discretion.
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.
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
State v. Tilghman
Post-Conviction DNA Testing.
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.
State v. Wardrett
Narrative; Improper closing argument
Town of Pinebluff v. Moore Cty.
Extraterritorial jurisdiction
Watlington v. Dep't of Soc. Servs. Rockingham Cty.
Just cause; Whole Record Test; Unacceptable Personal Conduct
Supreme Court Opinions Filed September 21, 2018
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).
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.'
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.
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.
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.
State v. Smith
Appeal from trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence; whether the warrantless search of the room in defendant's apartment in which contraband was found was constitutional; whether seizure of the contraband was permissible under the 'plain view' doctrine.
State v. Stimpson
Whether defendant, who, along with two accomplices, participated in a series of armed robberies over a two- to three-hour period, engaged in a single conspiracy or in multiple conspiracies to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.