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15,902 Appellate Court Opinions
State v Otto
Motion to suppress evidence of DWI; whether one of the trial court's findings of fact was supported by substantial, competent evidence; whether police had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle
State v Salinas
Whether, after concluding that the trial court applied the wrong legal standard in granting defendant's motion to suppress, the Court of Appeals should have: (i) remanded the case to the trial court to reevaluate the evidence pursuant to the correct standard; or (ii) reversed the erroneous order without remand
State v Sweat
Application of corpus delicti rule to defendant's extrajudicial confession and conviction for four counts of sexual offense with a child; erroneous jury instructions
State v Towe
Whether expert testimony that a child had been sexually abused was properly admitted at trial; plain error review.
State v Williams
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence; whether there was reasonable suspicion to extend defendant's detention beyond the scope of an otherwise valid traffic stop
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed June 5, 2012
Belk v Belk
Action for accounting and removal of custodian under N.C.'s Uniform Transfers to Minor's Act (UTMA); award of interest on wrongfully disbursed funds as an item of damages; statutory authority for award of attorney's fees in action for accounting and removal of custodian under UTMA; authority for taking attorney's fees against custodian personally; reasonableness of attorney's fees award; prudent person fiduciary standard applicable
to custodians when making investments using UTMA custodial funds; duty of UTMA custodian to keep records of all transactions with respect to custodian property.
Bodie v Bodie
Equitable Distribution; Marital Debt; Alimony; Dependent Spouse.
Fansler v Honeycutt
No Contact Petition; Form of Verification
Holloway v Holloway
Compulsory counterclaim ; Motion to Dismiss Rule
Breach of contract
In The Matter Of: T.W.
Constructive force
Kennedy v Morgan
Domestic Violence Order of Protection
Micro Capital Investors, Inc. v Broyhill Furniture Industries
breach of contract; implied stipulation; motion to amend
Miller v Szilagyi, et al
Interlocutory Order; Personal jurisdiction; Specific jurisdiction; Minimum contacts; Purposeful availment
Ochsner v Elon University, et al
Rule 12(b)(6), Public Records Act, Campus Police Act, statutory interpretation.
Sanford v Williams, et al
Specific performance of restrictive covenants; Violation of restrictive covenants; Subject matter jurisdiction for writ of mandamus; Summary judgment.
State v Carver
Sufficiency of evidence; DNA; Jury reinstruction
State v Glenn
Appointment of substitute counsel; Motion for mistrial
State v Herman
Subject matter jurisdiction; Indictment; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14.208.18
State v Hunt
No Contact Order, Civil Remedy Notice; Double Jeopardy