Court of Appeals
State v. Smith
Error by trial court - no jury instruction on attempted second-degree sexual offense
State v. Sluss
first-degree murder; prior victim statements; admissibility of evidence; availability of declarant; ineffective assistance of counsel
State v. Scott
capacity to proceed; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-1001(a); amnesia; sufficient findings; competent evidence in the record; no abuse of discretion
State v. Powell
Case descriptors: Petition for writ of certiorari; Jury instructions; Identity of the perpetrator; N.C.P.I. Crim. 104.90.
State v. McLeod
Traffic Stop; Seizure; Search; Fourth Amendment; Reasonable Suspicion; Active Probation; Probation Conditions; Consent.
State v. Martin
Second-degree murder; motion to dismiss; lay-witness testimony; jury instructions; substantial evidence; de novo; abuse of discretion.
State v. Hall
Second-degree Forcible Rape; Improper Closing Argument; Judge's Failure to Intervene Ex Meru Moto; Unobjected to Closing Arguments; Biblical References; Allen Jury Charge
State v. Brown
First-degree murder; lesser-included offense instruction; closing argument
State v. Alex
Plain error; Lay witness; Opinion testimony; Abuse of discretion; Invited error; Rules of Evidence; Officer’s investigative process; Co-defendant confessions; N.C. R. App. P. 10; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8C-1, R. 701; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8C-1, R. 704.
Sanderford v. Dark
Rule 26; Rule 26(b)(4)(e); in pari materia; expert witness disclosure