Court of Appeals
Zak v. Sweatt
Interlocutory order- substantial right; motion to recuse; denial of access to records, NCGS 1-72.1; fragmentary appeals.
WBTV, LLC v. Ashe Cty.
Interlocutory Appeal; Substantial Right; Failure to Include Statement of Grounds for Appellate Review; Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction
State v. Stephens
Driving While Impaired, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver, Motion to Dismiss, Sufficiency of Evidence, Appreciable Impairment
State v. Smith
Expert testimony; proximate causation
State v. Rudisill
improper jury instruction; plain error; consecutive sentences
State v. Payne
State v. Noble
First-degree murder; premeditation and deliberation; no jury instruction on lesser-included offenses.
State v. Nguyen
Jury trial; prosecutorial commenting on post-Miranda silence; prosecutorial question assuming a fact not in evidence; closing argument referencing excluded evidence
State v. Kraft
driving while impaired; sufficiency of the evidence that defendant was driving
State v. Jamison
sex offense with a child; indecent liberties with a child; felony child abuse by a sexual act; plain error; expert witness testimony; impermissible vouching