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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15,923 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA17-194 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Faulk

Duress as defense to first-degree murder; Repetitious photographs; Motion to suppress; Inadequate conclusions of law

, Court of Appeals , COA17-207-2 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. J.C.

Appeal by the State from an order of expunction of criminal charges; statute permitting the State to appeal (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1445)

, Court of Appeals , COA17-193 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Jones

Prior Acquittal, Collateral Estoppel

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1290 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
State v. Malone

Denial of Motion to Suppress in Court; Identification Testimony.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-340 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Mayo

habitual impaired driving; revocation of probation

, Court of Appeals , COA16-924 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Published
State v. McPhaul

Sufficiency of search warrant affidavit; N.C. Gen. Stat. 8C-1, Rule 702; multiple assaults

, Court of Appeals , COA17-108 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v. Parker

4th Amendment; Search and Seizure; Reasonable, Articulable Suspicion; Consent

, Court of Appeals , COA17-271 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v. Rogers

Guilty Plea; Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Rule 2; Rule 21; Appeal

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1296 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Published
State v. Sawyers

Corpus delicti rule; Constructive possession; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 90-113.22A.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-155 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Simmons

Impermissible amendment to indictment; amending drug indictment from heroin to opiates; heroin/opiates distinction

, Court of Appeals , COA17-497 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Squirewell

DWI; evidence-foundation; motion to dismiss; constructive possession

, Court of Appeals , COA17-226 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Stimpson

Motion to dismiss; multiple conspiracies; serious of random victims; question for the jury; sufficiency of the evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA17-208 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Wilkes

Motion to Suppress; Probable Cause for Arrest

, Supreme Court , 349PA16 (Per Curiam) , Published
KB Aircraft Acquisition, LLC v. Berry

Interpretation of section 39-23.9 of N.C. Uniform Voidable Transactions Act; meaning of the term 'transfer' and whether the statute is a statute of repose.

, Supreme Court , 244PA16 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Brice

Whether the indictment charging defendant with habitual misdemeanor larceny was fatally defective.

, Supreme Court , 194A16 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Bullock

Appeal from trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence found during a traffic stop; whether the police officer unconstitutionally prolonged the stop beyond the time reasonably required to complete the stop's mission under the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Rodriguez v. United States.