Appellate Court Opinions

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15,837 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA18-349 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
MTGLQ Investors, L.P. v. Curnin

Summary Judgment; Deed of Trust; Legal Description; Quiet Title; Reformation; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-10; Statute of Limitations; Lien

, Court of Appeals , COA18-488 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
Peeler v. Joseph

child custody modification; substantial change in circumstances

, Court of Appeals , COA18-385 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
Servatius v. Ryals

civil contempt; child support; compliance arrears

, Court of Appeals , COA18-527 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Baker

Presentment; Indictment; Simultaneous; Section 15A-641

, Court of Appeals , COA18-250 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Byers

Post-conviction DNA Testing; Materiality; Inventory of Biological Evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA18-234 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Coley

Self-defense; defense of habitation; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; warning shot; no intent to kill.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-565 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Godfrey

sex offense with a child; prior acts testimony; Rule 403

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1245 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Heelan

Actual child victim not required to sustain an attempt conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child; motions to dismiss charges of indecent liberties and of child solicitation by computer for insufficiency of evidence that the defendant believed an adult undercover office posing as a minor was actually an underage female; alleged improper prosecutorial questioning; satellite-based monitoring (SBM)

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1237 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Holmes

First-degree murder; instruction on lesser-included offenses; relevance; closing arguments; expert testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA16-398-2 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Hyman

Motion for appropriate relief (MAR); ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC); successive or simultaneous representation of clients; alleged dual-representation conflicts.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1337 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Piland

Fourth Amendment; enhancement provision; expert testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA18-21 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Pless

pretrial identification, expert testimony, substitute expert

, Court of Appeals , COA18-202 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Seam

Eighth Amendment; N.C. Const. Art. I, § 27; gross disproportionality; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.19B(a)(1); Miller v. Alabama; ex post facto law

, Court of Appeals , COA18-416 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Shuler

Case description: Statutory Sex Offense; Indictment; Facially Defective; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-144.2; Identify Victim

, Court of Appeals , COA18-375 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Wirt

constructive possession; driver of a vehicle; jury instructions; sufficiency of evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA18-410 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Walton v. Walton

Alimony; inputed income, bad faith, ability to pay, part-time job; reasonable expenses.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-524 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Watson v. Joyner-Watson

Reconciliation of Chapters 28A and 50; jurisdiction over equitable distribution action following former spouse's death; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1A-1, Rule 12(b)(1)

, Court of Appeals , COA18-341 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Watson v. Watson

Equitable distribution of survivor benefit plan (SBP) annuities to former spouse; requirements for deemed election; 10 U.S.C. 1448