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The NC State Bar v. Sutton
State Bar Disciplinary Proceeding; Constitutionality of DHC; First Amendment Rights of Attorneys; Pro se Attorney Representation; Electronic Reproduction of Signature on Complaint; Findings Required to Impose Discipline; DHC?s Use of Proposed Findings and Conclusions; N.C. Rules of Professional Conduct 3.3(a)(1), 3.4(c), 3.5(a)(4), 3.5(a)(4)(B), 4.4(a), 8.4(c), 8.4(d).
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed October 4, 2016
Baldelli v. Baldelli
Equitable distribution; jurisdiction; prior action
In re: E.B.
Termination of Parental Rights, Verification of Motion, Lack of Jurisdiction
In re: J.M.
Guardianship, Termination of Parental Rights, Subject Matter Jurisdiction
In re: K.P. & C.P.
Requirements for adjudication of juveniles as neglected and dependant
In re: L.Z.A.
Abuse and Neglect, Adjudication and Disposition, Findings of Fact, Visitation Plans, Concurrent Care Plans
In re: Lyle Dippell
Right to appeal from Clerk of Court's order that a person is not incompetent
State v. Jackson
Totality of the circumstances; Reliability of confidential informant
State v. Patterson
preservation of issues; evidence; lay witness opinion testimony Rule 701
State v. Pless
Unauthorized Sentence, Plea Agreement Vacated
State v. Ross
Felonious Safecracking, Variance in Indictment, Jury Instruction, Plain Error, Video Authentication
Supreme Court Opinions Filed September 23, 2016
CommScope Credit Union v. Butler & Burke, LLP
Whether defendant owed a fiduciary duty to plaintiff when defendant audited plaintiff's financial statements; whether plaintiff is barred from recovery by the doctrines of contributory negligence and in pari delicto.
Holt v. NCDOT
Action under the State Tort Claims Act to recover for wrongful deaths resulting from a motor vehicle collision at an intersection; appeal from Industrial Commission's decision and order awarding damages to decedents' estates; whether DOT's failure to install a traffic signal at the intersection was a proximate cause of the wreck; whether the intentional acts of the drivers of two speeding vehicles that directly caused the collision insulated DOT from liability.
In re C.L.S.
Whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusions of law that respondent-father's parental rights should be terminated under N.C.G.S. § 7B-1111(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(5).
State v. Anderson
Appeal from conviction for common law obstruction of justice, as elevated to a felony under N.C.G.S. § 14-3(b); whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss based on insufficient evidence.
State v. Collins
Whether the Court of Appeals majority erred in affirming the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained via a strip search.
State v. Nkiam
Whether a noncitizen who pleaded guilty to a deportable crime but claimed that he was not correctly advised by counsel of the immigration consequences of his plea should be allowed to withdraw it; application of U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky.