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N.C. State Conf. of the NAACP v. Alamance Cnty.
Confederate monument, open courts clause, equal protection clause, NC Constitution
Perryman v. Town of Summerfield
N.C.G.S. 1-521; taxpayer standing; N.C. R Civ P 12(b)(1); N.C. R Civ P 12(b)(6); quo warranto; collateral attack; res judicata; collateral estoppel.
State v. Allison
castle doctrine, plain error, presumption of reasonableness, rebuttable
State v. Bennett
larceny of a firearm; assault with a deadly weapon; habitual felon; admissibility of felony conviction; intent
State v. Bivins
Possession of Methamphetamine;
Prior Record Level;
Obtaining Habitual Felon Status;
Plea Agreement;
State conceded sentencing error;
State v. Boyce
Jury Instructions; Flight; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim; No Error.
State v. Burnette
Motion for Mistrial, Prior Record Level Determination
State v. Calderon
First Degree Murder;
Premeditation and Deliberation;
Motion to dismiss;
Lack of Provocation;
State v. Conner
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.19B(a)(2); Life with the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders; 40-year bright-line rule; Defacto life without parole; Law of the case; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1354(a) (2023).
State v. Covington
motion for appropriate relief; Anders v. California; State v. Kinch; possible prejudicial error; wholly frivolous
State v. Crump
unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, reasonable suspicion, motion to suppress
State v. Hancock
Motion to Dismiss; N.C.G.S. § 90-95(a)(1)
State v. Jackson
Motion to suppress; plain feel doctrine; pill bottles; probable cause; totality of the circumstances; inevitable discovery; material conflict in the evidence; inferred findings of fact.
State v. Jackson
felony murder; motion to dismiss; plain error; jury instructions; defense of necessity
State v. Jones
probation revocation; commission of a new criminal offense; no abuse of discretion
State v. Leggette
probation revocation; revocation post-expiration of probationary term; no finding of "good cause"; remand for findings
State v. Lewis
Alford plea; Anders brief; remand for correction of clerical errors
State v. McLawhon
statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, sexual act by a substitute parent or custodian, indecent liberties with a child, plain error, testimony, pre-arrest silence, cross-examination
State v. Melvin
assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, assault inflicting serious injury, deadly weapon
State v. Pate
Hearsay; clerical error