Appellate Court Opinions

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, Court of Appeals , COA20-4 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
In re: Cracker

implied waiver of spousal elective share; admission of testimony in probate proceeding in superior court; N.C. Gen. Stat. ? 30-3.1; N.C. Gen. Stat. ? 30-3.6; N.C. Gen. Stat. ? 1 301.3(d)

, Court of Appeals , COA19-858 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
Jordao v. Jordao

child custody; international; undocumented immigrant; visitation; N.C.G.S. 50-13.2

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1107 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
McDonald v. Saini

Summary Judgment; Medical Malpractice; Proximate Causation

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1110 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v. Austin

Jury Instruction; Improper Expression of Opinion

, Court of Appeals , COA20-95 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Baungartner

Error Preservation; Civil Judgment for Criminal Attorneys' Fees.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-1233-2 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Carey

Remand for additional issues; jury instruction; plain error; Rule 2; exemption from statute; prejudice for new trial.

, Court of Appeals , COA19-968 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. French

Kidnapping; specific intent; possession of stolen property

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1112 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Joiner

State's MAR after notice of appeal; duplicative larceny charges; clerical error on judgment; habitual breaking and entering status.

, Court of Appeals , COA19-530 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Kelliher

Eighth Amendment, N.C. Const. Art. 1, Sec. 27, cruel and/or unusual punishment; life without parole; juvenile offenders; homicide; Miller v. Alabama

, Court of Appeals , COA19-741 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Pabon

Motion to Dismiss, Plain error, Jury instructions, SBM, 404(b), expert testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA18-794-2 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Strudwick

satellite based monitoring, remanded for reconsideration in light of State v. Grady III

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1099 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Thompson

Sex offenses; constitutionality of lifetime and 10 year satellite-based monitoring order; admission of PTSD diagnosis without limiting instruction.

, Court of Appeals , COA19-897 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Turner

Expert testimony; experimental evidence; common law evidence test merged into Rule 702 reliability test

, Supreme Court , 18PA19 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Estate of Savino v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth.

Whether (1) the trial court erred by denying defendant's motion for a directed verdict on pain and suffering damages; (2) the Court of Appeals erred in upholding the denial of defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict ('JNOV') on administrative negligence under N.C.G.S. 90-21.11(2)(b); (3) defendant was entitled to a new trial because it was prejudiced by the alleged intertwining of plaintiff's medical negligence and administrative negligence during trial; and (4) the trial court erred by granting plaintiff's motion for a directed verdict on contributory negligence.

, Supreme Court , 429A19 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re E.B.

Whether grounds existed to terminate the father's parental rights where there was never an adjudication of the minor child as abused, neglected or dependent and whether the evidence supports a finding that the father willfully abandoned his child.

, Supreme Court , 7PA17-3 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
In re J.A.M.

Termination of parental rights; no-merit brief; pro se arguments; district court judge's recusal not required based solely on her entry of prior orders designating adoption as child's permanent plan.

, Supreme Court , 401A19 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
In re J.D.C.H.

Whether the evidence and findings of fact support the trial court's conclusion that respondent's parental rights were subject to termination based on willful abandonment.

, Supreme Court , 21A20 (Justice Mark Davis) , Published
In re L.M.M.

Termination of parental rights; whether the respondent-mother's failure to contact the child during the six months immediately preceding the filing of the petition supports the trial court's adjudication of willful abandonment under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7).

, Supreme Court , 409A19 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
In re S.J.B.

Termination of parental rights; Best interests of the child pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1110.