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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15,944 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA23-875 (Judge Julee Flood) , Published
State v. Bracey

Motion to dismiss, sufficient evidence, incriminating circumstances, knowledge requirement, stolen gun, viewing evidence in the light most favorable to the State. 

, Court of Appeals , COA23-885 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Carwile

Jury instruction; plain error; castle doctrine

, Court of Appeals , COA24-336 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Johnson

animal cruelty; exigent circumstances; motion to suppress; warrantless search; curtilage

, Court of Appeals , COA23-1158 (Judge Carolyn Thompson) , Published
State v. Lingerfelt

Petition for termination of sex offender registration; determination of correct tier of def

, Court of Appeals , COA24-361 (Judge April Wood) , Published
State v. McCullough

Probation revocation, new criminal offense, attorney appointment fee, willful violation, clerical error, attorney fees, writ of certiorari.

, Court of Appeals , COA23-1020 (Judge Michael Stading) , Published
State v. Moody

trial court; thc; ex mero mutu; gross; impropriety; impairment; proximate cause

, Court of Appeals , COA23-711 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Reel

Fourth Amendment, Motion to Suppress, Knock and Talk

, Court of Appeals , COA24-138 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Stollings

Motion to suppress; probable cause; recitation of testimony; conflicts in evidence

, Supreme Court , 98A24 (Per Curiam) , Published
Builders Mut. Ins. Co. v. Neibel

Whether plaintiff's service by publication in the county where defendant formerly lived and worked was insufficient under Rule 4(j1) of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

, Supreme Court , 353PA23 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
Cato Corp. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

Whether a plaintiff clothing-store company's claim for insurance coverage was properly dismissed where it alleged COVID-19 related losses but the policy contained a viral contamination exclusion.

, Supreme Court , 283A22-2 (Justice Allison Riggs) , Published
In re Chastain

Addressing the proper procedure for removal of a clerk of superior court under Article IV of the North Carolina Constitution.

, Supreme Court , 142A23 (Justice Richard Dietz) , Published
In re K.C.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in addressing respondent's unpreserved constitutional challenge to removal of the child.

, Supreme Court , 333PA23 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re L.L.

Whether the trial court's permanency-planning order complied with N.C.G.S. 7B-903, -906.1, and -906.2 of the Juvenile Code.

, Supreme Court , 225PA21-2 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
N. State Deli, LLC v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.

Whether restaurant closures necessitated by government orders responding to the COVID-19 crisis amounted to a direct physical loss for the purposes of business income and commercial property insurance coverage.

, Supreme Court , 62A23 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. N.C. Dep't of Revenue

Whether N.C.G.S. 105-135.45 is ambiguous regarding application of the term credit allowed when calculating tax credits available to manufacturers of cigarettes for exportation.

, Supreme Court , 268A22 (Justice Trey Allen) , Published
Schooldev E., LLC v. Town of Wake Forest

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that respondent municipality properly denied petitioner's applications for permits necessary to build a charter school.

, Supreme Court , 316A19 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Gillard

Whether defendant was properly sentenced to death on two counts of first-degree murder.

, Supreme Court , 44A23 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Wilkins

Whether defendant waived his statutory right to a court-ordered competency evaluation and hearing when he failed to raise the issue at trial.