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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34,077 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA16-1 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Bumpers

Possession of a firearm by a felon; Constructive possession; Motion to dismiss- sufficiency of the evidence.

, Court of Appeals , COA15-478 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Byrd

jury selection; record on appeal.

, Court of Appeals , COA15-893 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Crook

Motion to suppress; jury instructions; prior record level

, Court of Appeals , COA15-1158 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Dowell

Motion to suppress, reasonable suspicion to conduct investigatory stop, admission of hearsay evidence on cross-examination

, Court of Appeals , COA15-547 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Dulin

criminal, motion to dismiss, actual or constructive possession, possession of marijuana with intent to sell or deliver

, Court of Appeals , COA16-37 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Fleming

Common Law Robbery; Conspiracy; Rule 404(b); Video Evidence. Sentencing.

, Court of Appeals , COA15-1344 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Gann

First Degree Arson; Occupied; Inhabited; Indictment.

, Court of Appeals , COA15-1187 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Jones

Breaking or Entering; Sufficient Evidence; Due Process.

, Court of Appeals , COA15-1182 (Judge Linda Stephens) , Unpublished
State v. Lewis

Clerical error; judgment must conform to sentence imposed

, Court of Appeals , COA15-1065 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Navarro

Bond forfeiture; extraordinary circumstances

, Court of Appeals , COA15-1126 (Judge Linda Stephens) , Unpublished
State v. Oakley

Business records exception; motion to dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA15-772 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Published
Weideman v. Shelton

Child custody dispute between parent and nonparent; Non-biological grandmother, intervenor, who helped raise child had standing to intervene in child custody proceedings but was not entitled to custody or visitation where intervenor failed to demonstrate that mother was unfit or acted inconsistently with her protected parental status; Mother's decision to grant exclusive custody of her child to child's biological grandmother was not conduct inconsistent with her protected status, where evidence showed intervenor had purposefully impeded mother's ability to assume her role as her child's parent, and this custodial arrangement allowed mother to assume her role as her child's mother in future.

, Court of Appeals , COA15-912 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
Wray v. City of Greensboro

Governmental immunity, motion to dismiss, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-167, indemnification of city employees

, Court of Appeals , COA15-796 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
Blondell v. Ahmed

real estate commission, duty of good faith and fair dealing, parol evidence rule

, Court of Appeals , COA15-919 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
Butterworth v. The City of Asheville

Land use; procedural due process; quasi-judicial and ministerial/administrative land use decisions; exercise of discretion in application of generally stated standards is quasi-judicial in nature; application of specific, neutral, and objective criteria as set out in applicable regulations is ministerial/administrative in nature