Appellate Court Opinions

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15,837 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA15-13 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v Harris

Appeal Following Guilty Plea; Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Failure to Take Timely Action

, Court of Appeals , COA14-1328 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v Perry

Fourth Amendment search. Third party business records and good faith exceptions. Reasonable expectation of privacy in cell tower site location information. Historical versus real-time location information. Heroin trafficking.

, Court of Appeals , COA15-49 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v Williams

Probation; Absconding; Justice Reinvestment Act

, Court of Appeals , COA14-1034 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
Harris v Testar, Inc.,

Summary Judgment; Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Reasonable Expectations of Minority Shareholder

, Court of Appeals , COA15-238 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
In re: M.P.M.

termination of parental rights, neglect, likelihood of repetition of neglect

, Court of Appeals , COA15-17 (Judge Douglas McCullough) , Published
In re: R.D.

juvenile sentencing; § 7B-2513

, Court of Appeals , COA15-122 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
In re: S.D.

termination of parental rights, failure to make reasonable progress

, Court of Appeals , COA14-829 (Judge Martha Geer) , Published
State v Pender

Ability of parent to be convicted of kidnapping his own child

, Court of Appeals , COA14-1003 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v Turbyfill

Expert witness testimony; lay opinion testimony

, Supreme Court , 410A14 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
In re Burke

Appeal from decision of N.C. Board of Bar Examiners denying petitioner's application to take the N.C. bar exam.

, Supreme Court , 186PA14 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re R.R.N.

Adjudication of abuse and neglect of a juvenile resulting from alleged sexual abuse by the child's caretaker; interpretation of definition of caretaker in the Juvenile Code.

, Supreme Court , 101PA14 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
LexisNexis Risk Data Mgmt., Inc. v. N.C. AOC

Whether ACIS, a database maintained and controlled by AOC but totally composed of data entered by county clerks of court, is a public record; whether AOC is the custodian of ACIS.

, Supreme Court , 47PA14 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. McKinney

Motion to suppress evidence; whether probable cause existed to issue a search warrant for defendant's residence.

, Supreme Court , 343PA14 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Triplett

Whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in denying defendant's requests to introduce evidence that might show bias by a key witness against him.

, Supreme Court , 124PA14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Young

Whether, in defendant's second criminal trial, the trial court committed prejudicial error by admitting evidence concerning civil complaints that had been filed and a civil judgment that had been entered against defendant; N.C.G.S. 1-149