Appellate Court Opinions

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15,820 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-379 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
In re: K.H.

Trial court did not err in adjudicating juvenile neglected, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-101(15); trial court properly admitted drug test results pursuant to the business records exception to the hearsay rule, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8C-1, Rule 803(6), trial court did not abuse its discretion in juvenile disposition order.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-795 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Hogan

excuse juror for cause; clerical error

, Court of Appeals , COA21-212 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Redmond

Fatal variance, special property interest, injury to personal property, restitution, unsold property, market value not speculative

, Court of Appeals , COA20-434 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Thompson

Motion to dismiss; fleeing to elude arrest; reasonable articulable suspicion; probable cause; N.C.G.S § 15A-401.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-111 (Judge April Wood) , Published
Hirschler v. Hirschler

Contempt; civil contempt; criminal contempt; Moot; age of majority; dismissed; notice; sua sponte

, Court of Appeals , COA21-158 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Mendez v. Mendez

Child support modification; imputing plaintiff's income; depressing income; bad faith; extraordinary expenses; attorney's fees; medical conditions.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-221 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Roberson v. Trupoint Bank

Judgment on the pleadings; lack of enforceable agreement; negligent misrepresentation; fraud; particularity of averments of fraud; NCGS 1A-1, Rule9(b)

, Court of Appeals , COA21-175 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Rural Empowerment Ass'n for Cmty. Help v. State of N.C.

Right to Farm Act legislative amendments; three-judge panel; facial constitutional challenge; Law of the Land Clause; private versus general laws; right to trial by jury; limitations on damages; nuisance; agricultural and forestry activities; statute of limitation.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-610 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Applewhite

Right to counsel; sufficient indictment; pro se representation; competency to stand trial; prior record level; no merger; NCGS 14-43.11(a)(i); human trafficking; promoting prostitution; habitual felon status; NCGS 90-113.22A

, Court of Appeals , COA20-268 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Barber

Second-degree trespass, General Assembly, misdemeanor statement of charges, indictment, district court, superior court, trial de novo, amendment in substance, conduct, first amendment, public property, forum, jury instructions, without authorization, legal right.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-129 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Bryant

Knowing and Voluntary Admissions under State v. Harbison

, Court of Appeals , COA20-882 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Crisp

No error in omission of jury instruction on defense of accident, jury's verdict of second-degree murder was not ambiguous for sentencing purposes, no error in omission of jury instruction on depraved-heart theory of malice.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-323 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
State v. Lamp

Sex Offender Registration Act; the defendant's provision of an incorrect address to the sheriff's office constituted circumstantial evidence of willfulness and deceptive intent; trial court did not err in denying motion to dismiss at the close of the evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA21-218 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. McCutcheon

First-degree murder; Rules of Evidence 401 and 402; Victim-impact evidence, NCGS 15A-833(a)(1); plain error review; invited error; circumstantial evidence.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-402 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Thomas

hearsay; past recorded recollection; expert reliability; lay opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-268 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Thorpe

Motion for appropriate relief; COVID-19; cruel and unusual punishment.