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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15,969 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 262PA13 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Facyson

Whether the trial court erred in sentencing defendant in the aggravated range because the evidence supporting the aggravating factor was the same evidence necessary to support an element of the underlying offense

, Supreme Court , 232PA13 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Murchison

Whether the trial court abused its discretion in revoking defendant's probation and reactivating his sentences based solely on hearsay testimony from defendant's probation officer

, Supreme Court , 371PA13 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Pennell

Appeal by defendant from trial court's judgment revoking his probation; whether defendant could challenge the validity of his underlying conviction in his appeal from the judgment revoking probation

, Supreme Court , 284PA13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Rivas-Batres

Plain error review of convictions for multiple sexual offenses with a child; whether the trial court erred in using the term victim to instruct the jury, in conformity with the Pattern Jury Instructions

, Supreme Court , 421A13 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. Verkerk

Motion to suppress evidence of DWI; whether the fireman who stopped defendant's vehicle was acting as a government agent or a private citizen; if the former, whether the stop violated defendant's constitutional rights

, Court of Appeals , COA13-843 (Judge Linda Stephens) , Published
Henderson v Henderson

Ex parte domestic violence protective orders; competency of evidence to support a domestic violence protective order

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1050 (Judge Douglas McCullough) , Published
Peter, v Vullo,

apparent agency; supplementing expert testimony; loss of consortium

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1128 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v Earls

Leading questions; Ineffective assistance of counsel; Improper statements at sentencing

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1081 (Judge Douglas McCullough) , Published
State v Gray

Motion to continue; evidence; authentication

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1220 (Judge Douglas McCullough) , Published
State v Gurkin

jury; jury misconduct; jury instructions (involuntary manslaughter, self-defense)

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1284 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v Hogan

Custodial interrogation; Prior record level; Out-of-state convictions

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1328 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
State v Jamison

Serious Bodily Injury; Assault on a Female

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1181 (Judge Robert Hunter) , Published
State v Jones

SBM; level of supervision and monitoring; Additional Findings.

, Court of Appeals , COA13-784 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v Lucas,

Second-degree burglary; Insufficient evidence of entry; Jury instructions; Restitution; Ineffective assistance of counsel