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19,710 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA18-637-3 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Cooper

Satellite-based monitoring; reasonableness under Fourth Amendment

, Court of Appeals , COA21-613 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Hayes

Entrapment defense, entitlement to jury instructions on entrapment, prejudicial error

, Court of Appeals , COA22-11 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Joseph Ngigi Kariuki

motion to dismiss; insufficiency of the evidence; first-degree forcible rape; serious personal injury; jury instruction; constructive force; mental defect

, Court of Appeals , COA22-4 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. Shawn Beau Croteau

statutory rape and indecent liberties with a child; motion to dismiss; corpus delicti ('body of the crime'); strong corroborative evidence of Defendant's extrajudicial confession; bench trial; affirmed

, Court of Appeals , COA21-732 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
State v. Whitaker

Joinder; Joinder of offenses; Transactional connection; Single scheme or plan; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-926(a); Prejudice; Same location; Same victim; Same defendant; Modus Operandi; Abusive relationship; Lapse in time; 404(b); Rape; Assault; Assault with deadly weapon; AWDWISI

, Court of Appeals , COA21-577 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Zabiane Williams

Murder; rape; arson; burglary; exclusion of evidence of third-party guilt; constitutional right to present defense; acting in concert theory; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt

, Court of Appeals , COA22-173 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
Blaylock v. York

Rule 60(b) motion for relief from judgment; interlocutory appeal.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-167 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
In re Z.M., M.M., M.M., Z.M.

findings of fact supported conclusions of law that grounds existed to terminate respondents' parental rights and conclusions were not erroneous

, Court of Appeals , COA21-775 (Judge John Arrowood) , Unpublished
In the Matter of J.M.

juvenile delinquent; N.C.G.S. 7B-2405; privilege against self-incrimination; State concedes error

, Court of Appeals , COA21-609 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
Jacqueline L. Gray. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Foreclosure, Deed of Trust, Collateral estoppel, Foreclosure proceeding, Non-Judicial, Res Judicata, Notice, Doctrine of Collateral estoppel, Non-mutual collateral estoppel, Defensive collateral estoppel, Foreclosure sale, Assistant clerk, Foreclose, Damages, Default, Parties, Reverse Mortgage, Interlocutory, Borrower, Substitute Trustee, Immediate appeal, Summary Judgment

, Court of Appeals , COA21-465 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
State of N. Carolina v. Jared Eugene Nicholson

trial court did not err in allowing officer testimony about his subsequent actions after interviewing non-testifying co-defendant; it was not plain error for the trial court to allow prosecutor to ask leading question about identity of defendant or to specify the items of stolen property in jury instructions for charge of felony larceny; thus, no errors occurred, the cumulative effect of which required a new trial

, Court of Appeals , COA22-35 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Burbage

probation revocation; absconding; clerical error