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

, Court of Appeals , COA09-1562 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
Sheffer v Rardin

Petition for sale in lieu of partition; Judicial admission

, Court of Appeals , COA09-1613 (Judge Martha Geer) , Published
State v Capers

Testimony that defendant was shackled when arrested not a constitutional violation

, Court of Appeals , COA10-622 (Judge Barbara Jackson) , Published
State v Chillo

Sufficiency of Indictment; motion to dismiss; insufficient evidence of intent

, Court of Appeals , COA09-1364 (Judge Martha Geer) , Published
State v Crowder

Probation violation; special condition for sex offenders

, Court of Appeals , COA10-470 (Judge Robert Hunter) , Published
State v Ford

Reasonable suspicion to conduct traffic stop for equipment violation

, Court of Appeals , COA10-331 (Judge Sanford Steelman) , Published
State v Foy

Search Incident to Arrest

, Court of Appeals , COA10-178 (Judge Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v Hernandez

Search and seizure; permissible duration of traffic stop

, Court of Appeals , COA10-483 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v Hunter

Motion to suppress; motion to dismiss; jury instruction; closing remarks

, Court of Appeals , COA10-475 (Judge John Martin) , Published
State v Jones

Drugs, Constitutional Law -Confrontation clause

, Court of Appeals , COA10-446 (Judge Robert Hunter) , Published
State v Paterson

N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 15A-1242; Inquiry sufficient

, Court of Appeals , COA10-634 (Judge Robert Hunter) , Published
State v Wilkins

Insufficient evidence to support PWISD charge

, Supreme Court , 416PA08-2 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Boseman v. Jarrell

Validity of non-stepparent adoptions when the minor's biological parent also seeks to retain parental rights

, Supreme Court , 303A10 (Per Curiam) , Published
In Re A.R.D.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by not holding a hearing to determine whether a guardian ad litem should have been appointed for the minor child's mother

, Supreme Court , 359A10 (Per Curiam) , Published
In Re H.N.D.

Adjudication of neglect; whether trial court was required to make a specific finding that the minor child was at substantial risk

, Supreme Court , 482A09 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
Powell v. City of Newton

Whether a settlement agreed to by all parties in open court to sell land for a specified price in exchange for a deed to the property complied with N.C.G.S. § 22-2, the Statute of Frauds

, Supreme Court , 382PA09 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. Melvin

Whether in submitting joined mutually exclusive crimes to the jury for determination, the trial court committed plain error in not instructing the jury that it could find defendant guilty of either crime, but not both crimes