Appellate Court Opinions

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32,790 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA18-503 (Per Curiam) , Unpublished
State v. Cody

Recanted Testimony; MAR Hearing; First-Degree Murder; Weight of Evidence.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-491 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Dowd

Common Law Robbery, Felony Larceny, Double Jeopardy, Rule 2 of Appellate Procedure, Indictment

, Court of Appeals , COA18-65 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v. Farmer

Sixth Amendment; Right to Speedy Trial; Barker Factors

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1380 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Graves

Guilty plea; Aggravating factors; Prejudice

, Court of Appeals , COA17-802 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Greenfield

First-Degree Felony Murder, Second-Degree Murder, Assault With a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury, Jury Instruction, Transferred Intent, Self-Defense

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1365 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Hamilton

drug trafficking; discovery statutes; motion to dismiss; motion for sanctions; jury instruction

, Court of Appeals , COA18-292 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
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

, Court of Appeals , COA18-330 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Kraft

driving while impaired; sufficiency of the evidence that defendant was driving

, Court of Appeals , COA17-480 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Published
State v. Mylett

First Amendment challenge; Harassment of a juror; Conspiracy to commit harassment of a juror; Content-neutral restriction; Intermediate scrutiny; Sufficiency of the evidence; Pretrial discovery obligations of a criminal defendant; Character evidence; Hearsay; and Jury instructions.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1163 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Unpublished
State v. Nguyen

Jury trial; prosecutorial commenting on post-Miranda silence; prosecutorial question assuming a fact not in evidence; closing argument referencing excluded evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA18-299 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Noble

First-degree murder; premeditation and deliberation; no jury instruction on lesser-included offenses.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-2 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Royster

Denial of motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence; trafficking in cocaine by possession; N.C. Gen Stat. 90-95(h)(3)(c)

, Court of Appeals , COA18-464 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Rudisill

improper jury instruction; plain error; consecutive sentences

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1161 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Smith

Expert testimony; proximate causation

, Court of Appeals , COA18-363 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Stephens

Driving While Impaired, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver, Motion to Dismiss, Sufficiency of Evidence, Appreciable Impairment

, Court of Appeals , COA18-452 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
WBTV, LLC v. Ashe Cty.

Interlocutory Appeal; Substantial Right; Failure to Include Statement of Grounds for Appellate Review; Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction

, Court of Appeals , COA18-616 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
Zak v. Sweatt

Interlocutory order- substantial right; motion to recuse; denial of access to records, NCGS 1-72.1; fragmentary appeals.