Court of Appeals
State v. Watrous
Motion to Dismiss; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-108(a)(7); Methamphetamine; Paraphernalia; Possession; Constructive Possession; Lay Testimony; No Plain Error.
State v. Thomas
Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Satellite-based Monitoring orders; Failure to include order in notice of appeal; Sufficiency of the findings; 404(b) evidence; Prior conviction of a similar nature; Common scheme or plan; Level of supervision; Risk assessment; Static-99R form; Competent evidence to support trial court’s additional findings of fact; Above average risk.
State v. Pica
Possession of firearm by felon; actual possession; constructive possession; incriminating circumstances; sufficiency of evidence; motion to dismiss
State v. MacKay
use of the word "victim," plain error review
State v. Love
no statutory authority to set aside bond forfeiture under N.C.G.S. § 15A-544.5(f); defendant failed to appear on two or more prior occasions in the case for which the bond was executed; clearly marked release order; actual notice.
State v. Jackson
Alford plea; motion to withdraw plea; ineffective assistance of counsel; Handy factors
State v. Gilmore
indictment, fatal variance, larceny
State v. Davis
jury instruction misplaced word, sex offender registration
State v. Cochran
prolonged stop, preservation of suppression arguments, trafficking by possession.
State v. Burgess
Revocation of probation