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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15,837 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA15-1196 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
Justus v. Rosner

Negligence; Damage Mitigation; amended Judgment; Contributory Negligence; Costs

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1137 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
SIA Grp., Inc. v. Patterson

Preliminary injunction; Interlocutory appeal; Substantial right; Employment Agreement

, Court of Appeals , COA16-966 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Alston

Drug House; Drug Identification; Expert Testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA16-566 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Clonts

Sixth Amendment, Confrontation Clause, Rule 804, Unavailability of Necessry Witness, Continuance, Good-Faith Effort

, Court of Appeals , COA16-883 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Cook

Assault with a firearm; when a defendant is entitled to a self-defense instruction; intent to shoot attacker, essential to warrant instruction.

, Court of Appeals , COA16-778 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Dye

Statutory rape; bolstering of victim credibility; satellite-based monitoring; N.C.G.S. Sec. 14-208.40A

, Court of Appeals , COA16-689 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v. Hensley

Rule 106; Contemporaneity Requirement; Abuse of Discretion

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1206 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Miller

Confrontation Clause; Testimonial Statements; Forfeiture; State's Waiver of Harmlessness Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

, Court of Appeals , COA16-768 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Perry

Motion to suppress; Ineffective assistance of counsel; Harbison

, Court of Appeals , COA16-307 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Street

obtaining property by false pretenses, doctrine of recent possession, jury instruction

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1211 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Thompson

Criminal Street Gang Activity; Witness Identification; Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1277 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Wilson v. Guinyard

civil contempt; child custody; legal representation; adherence to visitation schedules; attorney's fees.

, Supreme Court , 216A16 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Harrison v. Gemma Power Sys., LLC

Workers' Compensation; whether the Industrial Commission's findings of fact support the conclusion that plaintiff is not entitled to compensation for permanent partial disability.

, Supreme Court , 124A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
Murray v. Univ. of N.C. at Chapel Hill

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's suit against the University; whether defendant properly raised a sovereign immunity defense before the trial court, thereby making defendant's interlocutory appeal from denial of its motion to dismiss immediately reviewable by an appellate court; whether plaintiff's complaint should be dismissed on mootness grounds.

, Supreme Court , 35PA16 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Baker

Appeal from conviction for attempted first-degree rape of a child; whether the trial court erred in failing to dismiss the attempted rape charge for insufficiency of the evidence.

, Supreme Court , 252PA14-2 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
State v. Campbell

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in invoking Appellate Rule 2 to consider defendant's unpreserved argument on appeal.

, Supreme Court , 167PA16 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
State v. Godwin

Whether N.C. Rule of Evidence 702(a1) requires a witness in a DWI case to be qualified as an expert pursuant to Rule 702(a) before he may testify to the issue of impairment related to HGN results; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's request for a special jury instruction explaining that results of a chemical breath test were not conclusive evidence of impairment.

, Supreme Court , 208PA16 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Holloman

Whether the defendant is entitled to a new trial based upon the trial court's self-defense instructions.