Appellate Court Opinions

Barker factors, clerical error, right to a speedy trial

Trafficking in fentanyl;
Trafficking in cocaine;
Denial of Possession or Ownership;
Requested Jury Instruction on lesser included offense;
Simple Possession;

motion to suppress; N.C.G.S. 14-415.1; plain error; particularity; severability; plain view. 

probation revocation; absconding from supervision; abuse of discretion

Motion for Mistrial; Sustained Objection; Substantial and Irreparable Prejudice

Whether the proposed class members in a class action against a county are ascertainable and whether the proposed class satisfies the predominance and superiority criteria.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by dismissing defendants' appeal from the trial court's interlocutory order denying defendants' motion to reconsider.

Whether a trial court's permanency planning order included sufficient findings of fact to satisfy statutory criteria.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order issuing a domestic violence protective order.

Whether defendant's emails satisfy the statute of frauds as a note or memorandum of defendant's oral guaranty.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined that the general prohibition on harsher resentencing in N.C.G.S. 15A-1335 did not apply to a case where the initial sentence had violated the mandatory sentencing framework.

Whether the Business Court erred in denying parties' cross motions for judgment notwithstanding verdict on plaintiff's claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and violation of the Wage and Hour Act.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by certifying a class of home builders seeking a refund of certain Capital Facilities Fees.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's order granting defendant's motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs' UDTPA claim based on a one-year contractual limitation period.

equitable distribution; classification; valuation; equity; real property; business; stipulation.

general contractor licensing; Chapter 87; license limitation; unenforceable contract; summary judgment.

medical malpractice action; N.C.G.S. § 90-21.12; N.C.R. Civ. P. 9(j); summary judgment.

real property, breach of contracts, unrecorded contracts to convey, recording statute, N.C.G.S. § 47-18, purchaser for value, fair consideration, genuine issues of material fact, summary judgment.

Surplus-funds disbursement; lienholder priority; Rule 52; Rule 59; Rule 60; Sanctions; AI.