Appellate Court Opinions

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15,390 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 351A22 (Justice Allison Riggs) , Published
D.V. Shah Corp. v. VroomBrands, LLC

Whether a trial court reversibly errs in failing to exercise its discretion to hear oral testimony at summary judgment based on a misapprehension of law.

, Supreme Court , 296A22 (Justice Trey Allen) , Published
Morris v. Rodeberg

Whether the Court of Appeals correctly concluded that plaintiff's medical malpractice action was barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

, Supreme Court , 227A22 (Justice Trey Allen) , Published
N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Herring

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant qualified as a resident of her mother's household for purposes of the underinsured motorist policy issued to her mother.

, Supreme Court , 278PA21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
State v. Alvarez

Officers had independent reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop. The traffic stop did not violate defendant's Fourth Amendment rights.

, Supreme Court , 264A21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
State v. Beck

Evidence considered in the light most favorable to the State was sufficient to support the trial court's decision to submit multiple counts of conspiracy to the jury.

, Supreme Court , 344PA21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Fritsche

Whether the trial court erred in its interpretation of N.C.G.S. 14 208.12A and its denial of defendant's petition for removal from the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry.

, Supreme Court , 240A22 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Lancaster

Whether the common law crime of going armed to the terror of the public contains an essential element that the conduct occur on a public highway.

, Supreme Court , 113A96-4 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Tucker

Whether defendant's Batson claims are procedurally barred under N.C.G.S. 15A-1419.

, Supreme Court , 187A22 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Wilson

Whether defendant is entitled to an instruction on second-degree murder as a lesser-included offense of first-degree murder pursued under the theory of felony murder.

, Supreme Court , 208PA22 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
State v. Woolard

Whether this Court properly granted the State's petition for certiorari, and whether a police officer had probable cause to arrest a motorist for driving while impaired.

, Supreme Court , 314PA21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Wynn v. Frederick

Whether magistrates are other officers under N.C.G.S. 58-76-5 and accordingly may be sued under their official bond and whether judicial immunity is an available defense to official capacity claims against judicial officers.

, Court of Appeals , COA23-390 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Elliott v. Dep't of Transp.

Inverse Condemnation;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-111;
Demand for Jury Trial;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-108 hearing;
Denial of private property owners' access to public road;
Expert testimony;
Actions taken during improvements;
Takings damages;

, Court of Appeals , COA22-950 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
Groseclose v. Groseclose

child custody; alimony; modification; substantial change of circumstances; calculation of income; findings of fact; contempt; purge conditions

, Court of Appeals , COA22-795 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
In re: Alcantara

sex offender registration, substantially similar, burden of proof

, Court of Appeals , COA22-390 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
Sinclair v. Sinclair

modification of child support, jurisdiction, registration of child support orders, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

, Court of Appeals , COA21-471 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Dixon

Batson procedure, motion for mistrial, motion to recuse.

, Court of Appeals , COA23-542 (Judge Julee Flood) , Published
State v. Harvey

SBM; Rule 60; jurisdiction; perfection of appeal; docketing

, Court of Appeals , COA23-115 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Lester

Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause;
Crawford v. Washington;
State v. Webb, 2 N.C. 103 (1794);
Testimonial Evidence;
Cross Examination;
Hearsay Exceptions;
Business Records;
"Catch All" exception;
Constitutional Error;
Harmless Beyond a Reasonable Doubt;

, Court of Appeals , COA23-270 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Mitchell

voluntary intoxication, jury instruction, breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, possession of a firearm by a felon, plain error