Appellate Court Opinions

probation revocation; Anders review

jury instruction, preservation, second-degree murder

Anders review; clerical errors

plain error; jury instructions; jury charge; verdict; consolidated judgment; arrest judgment; resentencing; clerical errors.

Anders review

probation revocation; suspended sentence; finding of good cause

improper closing arguments, ineffective assistance of counsel

Terry Stop; Investigatory Stop; Reasonable Suspicion; Search, Seizure, and Arrest; Anonymous or Unidentified Informants; Stop-and-Frisk; Fourth Amendment; Second Amendment; Possession of Firearm by Felon

admission of evidence, prejudicial error

Anders-type review; probation revocation; defective notice of appeal; petition for writ of certiorari; motion to dismiss; Rule 28(b)(6); dismissed.

Dangerous weapon instruction;
Sufficiency of indictment;
Preservation;

Expert testimony;
Ineffective assistance of counsel;
Corroborative testimony;

probation revocation; conditional discharge

Anders review; felony carrying a concealed gun

Anders review

motion to suppress; search; seizure; DNA; analysis; plain view; first degree murder; investigation

probation revocation; substance abuse treatment; abuse of discretion

Improper remarks during jury voir dire; unpreserved error; plain error; grossly improper; ex mero motu; witness vouching; probable impact on the verdict, preserved error; leading questions; leading questions of a child; abuse of discretion; prior bad acts; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8C-1, Rule 404(b), Rule 403; grossly improper argument; prejudice; improper closing argument; statutory rape; probably would have returned a different verdict

Motion to dismiss; aiding and abetting; sufficiency of indictment

voluntary dismissal after conviction; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-931; charge; conviction; plain meaning; importance of juries; flight doctrine