Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

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2,698 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 413A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. McCrary

Whether exigent circumstances justified a warrantless blood draw from an obviously impaired defendant charged with DWI; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motions to suppress evidence and to dismiss all charges.

, Supreme Court , 411A94-5 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Robinson

Petition for writ of certiorari to review order granting respondent's motion for appropriate relief under N.C.G.S. 15A-2010 to -2012 (2009).

, Supreme Court , 440PA14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Winkler

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to traffic in opium by transportation.

, Supreme Court , 462A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
Byrd, et al. v Franklin County

Whether a county zoning ordinance prohibits landowners from operating a commercial shooting range on their property.

, Supreme Court , 131A14 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Morningstar Marinas/Eaton Ferry, LLC v Warren County, et al.

Appeal by a nearby property owner from a decision made by the county zoning administrator; whether that property owner was entitled to a writ of mandamus ordering that the appeal be transmitted to the county board of adjustment.

, Supreme Court , 366PA13 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. Packingham

Whether N.C.G.S. 14-202.5, prohibiting all registered sex offenders from accessing commercial social networking internet sites, is constitutional on its face and as applied.

, Supreme Court , 398PA14 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Robinson

Whether unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is a lesser-included offense of felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

, Supreme Court , 317PA14 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Taylor

Whether the trial court erred when it denied defendant's pretrial motion to suppress statements made to the police; whether the initial stop or continued detention of defendant was unconstitutional; whether defendant preserved for appellate review his argument that the admission of certain statements made to the police violated his Fifth Amendment rights.

, Supreme Court , 93A15 (Per Curiam) , Published
Town of Boone v State of North Carolina, et al.

Appealability of three orders of three-judge panel in Superior Court in Wake County, two entered on 29 December 2014 and one entered on 29 July 2015, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-27(a1).

, Supreme Court , 123A14 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Burley v US Foods, Inc.

Workers' Compensation; Injury sustained by an employee while working out of state; Whether the N.C. Industrial Commission has subject matter jurisdiction over the employee's claim under N.C.G.S. 97-36.

, Supreme Court , 8PA14 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
High Point Bank And Trust Company v Highmark Properties, LLC

Following foreclosure, whether guarantors on a loan secured by the real property can assert a defense under N.C.G.S. 45-21.36 to reduce their individual liability for the debt or whether that defense is available only to the borrower who owned the real property used as collateral for the loan.

, Supreme Court , 24PA15 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v Benitez

Whether in-custody incriminating statements made by a juvenile should be suppressed as inadmissible under N.C.G.S. 7B-2101(b); whether a defendant's uncle qualifies as a guardian or custodian for purposes of that statute.

, Supreme Court , 19PA14 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Bartlett

Motion to suppress evidence; whether a judge can make findings of fact concerning evidence that the judge did not hear.

, Supreme Court , 446A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Blow

Whether substantial evidence supported all three of defendant's convictions for first-degree rape of a child.

, Supreme Court , 405PA14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Ellis

Whether an indictment charging defendant with injury to personal property was fatally defective because it did not allege that both of the alleged co-owners of the damaged property had the legal ability to own property.