Appellate Court Opinions

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15,969 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA14-1251 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v Carvalho

1st degree murder; Rule 401, Rule 404(b); Rule 403; Jailhouse informant

, Court of Appeals , COA15-71 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
State v Gamble

North Carolina Eyewitness Identification Reform Act of 2007 (EIRA).

, Court of Appeals , COA14-971 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v Harwood

probation revocation hearing; subject matter jurisdiction; NCGS 15A-1344(f); clerical error; NC Rules of Civil Procedure 60(a)

, Court of Appeals , COA15-212 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v Hooks

Trafficking methamphetamine; manufacturing methamphetamine; possession of a precursor chemical; fatal variance

, Court of Appeals , COA15-100 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v Huey

Closing Argument; Gross Impropriety; Expert Witness

, Court of Appeals , COA15-137 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v Jefferies

Juvenile code; parent is necessary party; permanency planning hearing

, Court of Appeals , COA15-152 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v Juarez

First-degree murder, felony murder, doctrine of merger, lesser included offenses, aggressor doctorine

, Court of Appeals , COA15-39 (Judge Douglas McCullough) , Published
State v McLamb

failure to register as a sex offender, §§ 14-208.9, 14-208.11; indictment

, Court of Appeals , COA15-365 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Mastor

Criminal contempt; Consent order; Felony secret peeping; Convicted sex offender; plain meaning; Sex Offender Registration Program

, Supreme Court , 123A14 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Burley v US Foods, Inc.

Workers' Compensation; Injury sustained by an employee while working out of state; Whether the N.C. Industrial Commission has subject matter jurisdiction over the employee's claim under N.C.G.S. 97-36.

, Supreme Court , 8PA14 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
High Point Bank And Trust Company v Highmark Properties, LLC

Following foreclosure, whether guarantors on a loan secured by the real property can assert a defense under N.C.G.S. 45-21.36 to reduce their individual liability for the debt or whether that defense is available only to the borrower who owned the real property used as collateral for the loan.

, Supreme Court , 24PA15 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v Benitez

Whether in-custody incriminating statements made by a juvenile should be suppressed as inadmissible under N.C.G.S. 7B-2101(b); whether a defendant's uncle qualifies as a guardian or custodian for purposes of that statute.

, Supreme Court , 19PA14 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Bartlett

Motion to suppress evidence; whether a judge can make findings of fact concerning evidence that the judge did not hear.

, Supreme Court , 446A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Blow

Whether substantial evidence supported all three of defendant's convictions for first-degree rape of a child.

, Supreme Court , 405PA14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Ellis

Whether an indictment charging defendant with injury to personal property was fatally defective because it did not allege that both of the alleged co-owners of the damaged property had the legal ability to own property.

, Supreme Court , 237PA14 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Gray

Whether the trial court (1) erred in allowing the State to introduce text messages from a cell phone belonging to one of defendant's co-conspirators, and (2) committed plain error in admitting a detective's opinion testimony regarding the content of text messages among all co-conspirators.