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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16,007 Appellate Court Opinions

, 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

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1292 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v McCanless

overwhelming evidence of guilt and voluntary statements

, Court of Appeals , COA13-933 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v McCoy

Possession of firearm by a felon; N.C.G.S. § 8C-1 Rules 901 and 902; Motion to dismiss; Jury Instructions