Appellate Court Opinions

competent evidence, preservation, DVPO

Headings;
First-degree murder;
Hearsay;
Business Record Exception;
Custodian of Records;
Certificate under penalty of perjury;
Confrontation Clause;
Non testimonial admission;

Misdemeanor child abuse; theory not alleged in indictment; jury instructions; separate offenses; constructive possession; acknowledgement of possession.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by dismissing plaintiffs' claim with prejudice under Rule 41(b).

Whether plaintiff's statement regarding grounds for appellate review adequately apprised the Court of Appeals as to how the trial court's order affected a substantial right.

Whether the trial court's alleged failure to adhere to N.C.G.S. 7B-1105's timing mandates prejudiced respondent father such that his appeal was preserved notwithstanding his failure to object at the trial court and whether subsequently filing an amended petition to terminate parental rights and serving respondent father with summons rendered any alleged noncompliance with N.C.G.S. 7B-1105 irrelevant.

Whether plaintiffs' constitutional claims challenging the Certificate of Need law are facial or as-applied challenges and whether the claims are subject to exhaustion of administrative remedies.

Whether exigent circumstances existed to provide an exception to the warrant requirement for a warrantless blood draw.

Whether a trial judge's finding of aggravating factors in violation of N.C.G.S. 20-179(a1)(2) may be reviewed for harmless error.

reunification, ineffective assistance of counsel, adjudication, disposition

permanency planning order, reunification, right to appeal, required findings of fact

Recission of Deed;
Intrinsic Fraud;
Pattern Jury Instruction Civil 850.30;
Grossly Inadequate consideration;
Other contributing factors;
Closing Attorney’s Duty to Seller;

Warrant; Redaction; Magistrate; Motion to Suppress; Denied; Breaking and Entering; Probable Cause

AWDWISI without intent to kill; injury to personal property; lay witness not qualified to give expert opinion

sentencing; trial court's statements; defendant's decision to have a jury trial

inevitable discovery doctrine, double jeopardy, kidnapping, first degree murder

Traffic stop; Probable cause; Sight and smell of marijuana; Legalization of hemp irrelevant; Sufficiency of findings and conclusions; Similarity to hemp; Totality of the circumstances; Vehicle search; Odor of marijuana; Hemp versus Marijuana; Fourth Amendment search; Identity of the substance; Warrantless search; Terry frisk; Reasonable belief.

prior record level, out-of-state convictions, substantial similarity analysis