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State v. Jackson
Criminal conspiracy; motion to dismiss; lesser-included offense; imperfect self-defense; admissibility of testifying co-defendant's statements/admissions; Confrontation Clause; limiting jury instruction.
State v. Mullinax
suppression, seizure, drugs, totality of circumstances, identification, command, walk away, additional officers, search of car, search of person, reasonable person, not free to leave
State v. Patterson
Prior record level determination; prejudicial error; multiple convictions from single week.
State v. Porter
Statutory sentencing range, probationary period, specific findings.
State v. Robinson
Petition for writ of certiorari granted, Anders review revealed no non-frivolous issues, appeal dismissed.
State v. Stinson
jury instructions, knowledge footnote, deny knowledge, undercover agent, heroin, Fentanyl
State v. Swanson
sentence, probation, trial court, concurrently, judgments, probationary period, imprisonment, clerical error, probation revocation
State v. Wall
Habitual felon; substantive felony; motion for joinder; motion to suppress
State v. Williams
pleadings; facial validity; arrest warrant; notice; N.C. Gen. Stat. 50B-4.1; domestic violence; protective order
Town of Midland v. Harrell
Town of Midland; Harrell Land Development Company; dispute over responsibility for maintenance of roads in a development; civil penalties; standing; North Carolina General Statutes, Section 160A-12; Town ordinances; mandatory injunction and order of abatement; Rule 65(d) of North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure; NCDOT road standards; attorney's fees; North Carolina General Statutes, Section 6-21.7; Town violated unambiguous limits on its authority; North Carolina General Statutes, Section 160A-388(b1) (2017) (recodified as Section 160D-705(b) (2021)).
Unifund CCR Partners v. Young
Action on a judgment; renewal judgment; clerk's jurisdiction to enter default judgment; sum certain jurisdiction; applicability of the Consumer Economic Protection Act; affirmative defense of usury.
Vaitovas v. City of Greenville
Constitutionality of local law concerning traffic cameras; prohibition on local laws relating to health, sanitation and the abatement of nuisances; distinction between material connection and tangential or incidental connection to health
Bishop v. Bishop
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's order modifying plaintiff's child support obligation; whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's order denying plaintiff's posttrial motions.
Button v. Level Four Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc.
Declaratory judgment; tortious interference with contract; personal jurisdiction.
Hope v. Integon Nat'l Ins. Co.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims for unfair and deceptive trade practices and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
In re Lennane
Whether an individual's leaving work was attributable to his employer as required by N.C.G.S. 96-14.5 (2021) to avoid disqualification for unemployment benefits.
Lake v. State Health Plan for Tchrs. & State Emps.
State employee retirees' health insurance benefits were deferred compensation offered as part of an employment contract that can be modified by statute but cannot be substantially impaired. Plaintiffs' evidence failed to show that the plaintiff class as a whole suffered substantial impairment in their contractual rights.
M.E. v. T.J.
Whether the trial court had jurisdiction over plaintiff's complaint; whether plaintiff's constitutional argument was preserved for appeal; whether joinder of Legislature was necessary.
Ponder v. Been
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.
State v. Alexander
Whether the statutory procedures for post-conviction DNA testing are available to convicted defendants who entered guilty pleas; whether defendant made a sufficient showing of materiality to obtain the entry of an order providing for post-conviction DNA testing.