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, Court of Appeals , COA21-752 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Harper

Resisting, Delaying, or Obstructing a Public Officer;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-223 (2021);
Communicating Threats;
Motion to Dismiss;
Verifiable Identification;
Out of State Tags and ID;
Waiver of Counsel;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-A-1242 (2021);
Jury Instructions;
Invited Error

, Court of Appeals , COA21-628 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Pierce

Serious Harm to Law Enforcement Animal; Lesser-Included Offense; Jury Instruction; Self-Defense; Willfulness; Plain Error

, Court of Appeals , COA21-619 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Slaughter

Shackling, restraints, prejudicial error, MAR, notice of appeal.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-191 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
The N.C. State Bar v. Merritt

Rules 1.19(a) and 8.4(a) of Rules of Professional Conduct; whole record review; attempt to engage in sexual relations with current client; sexual relationship with current client; substantial harm to client and profession; unchallenged adjudicatory findings; fiduciary attorney-client relationship; sanction of suspension; no abuse of discretion.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-95 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Bartlett v. Burke

Specific Personal Jurisdiction;
N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-75;
Long-Arm Statute
Due Process;
Stream of Commerce;
Minimum contacts;
Products Liability;
Arise out of or relate to

, Court of Appeals , COA21-654 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
Coastal Conservation Ass'n v. State of N.C.

Public Trust Doctrine; Sovereign Immunity; Motion to Dismiss; Conservation of Natural Resources Clause; Right to Hunt, Fish, and Harvest Wildlife.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-124 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
In re: B.W.C.

juvenile delinquent; N.C.G.S. 5A-31; N.C.G.S. 7B-1501

, Court of Appeals , COA22-33 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
In re: George

Motion to set aside foreclosure; N.C. R. Civ. P. 60(b); attorneys' fees; prevailing party; restitution; unclean hands

, Court of Appeals , COA21-556-2 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
In re: Gerringer

estate proceedings; N.C. Gen. Stat. 30-3.1; petition for elective share by surviving spouse;

, Court of Appeals , COA21-755 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
In re: M.T. & K.T.

3.1; order ceasing reunification; termination of parental rights; grounds of abuse or neglect; admission of evidence at termination of parental rights disposition stage

, Court of Appeals , COA21-459 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Adams

child abuse, motion to dismiss, voir dire, probation

, Court of Appeals , COA21-498 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Cheers

satellite-based monitoring; term of 30 years; trial court's jurisdiction to conduct SBM hearing; recidivist also convicted of offense involving physical, mental, or sexual abuse of minor; sufficient findings to support highest possible level of supervision

, Court of Appeals , COA21-698 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Lawson

Criminal Pleadings, Sufficiency of Indictments, Animal Cruelty, Improper Closing Argument

, Court of Appeals , COA22-9 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. See

voluntary discovery; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-903; laboratory records

, Supreme Court , 62PA21 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
Anderson Creek Partners, L.P. v. Cnty. of Harnett

Whether 'capacity use' fees charged to residential property developers for the purpose of expanding and improving the county's water and sewage system as a precondition for the county's concurrence in a developer's application to the Department of Environmental Quality for a required water and sewer permit constitute monetary exactions subject to review under the 'unconstitutional conditions' doctrine.

, Supreme Court , 219A21 (Per Curiam) , Published
Buckley, LLP v. Series 1 of Oxford Ins. Co., NC, LLC

Affirming a business court order and opinion based on its proper application of the law of attorney-client privilege to communications with an outside law firm made in the course of investigation of alleged violations of company's sexual harassment policy.