Court of Appeals
State v. Eagle
officer approaching the defendant in police cruiser with blue lights flashing while blocking the only way for the defendant to leave was not a situation in which a reasonable person would feel free to leave and constituted a seizure under the Fourth Amendment
State v. Griffin
Satellite-Based Monitoring; Term of Years; Mental, Physical, or Sexual Abuse of a Minor; Fourth Amendment Reasonableness
State v. Mason
expert opinion; Rule 702(a); lay opinion; self-defense
State v. Guice
First Amendment, true threats, communicating threats, subjective component.
State v. Hunter
motion to suppress properly denied where officer shined flashlight into vehicle and seized a plastic baggie of contraband in plain view; officer's subjective motive for a stop has no bearing in Fourth Amendment analysis
Waters v. Pumphrey
summary judgment, retaliatory eviction, protected act, summary ejectment, notice to vacate
Neeley v. Fields
Legal malpractice; easements of record; construction of deeds
N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., Inc. v. Carpenter
Legionnaire's Disease; Insurance Policy's Fungi or Bacteria Exclusion; Insurance Policy's Consumption Exception; Summary judgment; Interlocutory appeal; Construction and interpretation of an insurance contract is a question of law; Insurer's duty to defend; Duty to indemnify.
In re: D.S.
neglect, dependency, adjudication, juvenile, Rule 3.1
Ladd v. Funderburk
Governmental immunity; Qualified immunity; Governmental in nature vs. Proprietary in nature; N.C. Gen. Stat § 160A-296; Affirmative duty; Roadway obstructions; Tree ordinance; Waiver of governmental immunity; Liability insurance; Insurance policy effect on the defense of governmental immunity; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-435; Summary judgment.