Appellate Court Opinions

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34,028 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-691 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
Gilleland v. Adams

Procedure for Standing in child custody hearing, parent and child relationship, unchallenged findings of fact are binding.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-31 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
Hwang v. Cairns

employment contract; sovereign immunity; public official immunity; summary judgment; Rule 15

, Court of Appeals , COA22-21 (Per Curiam) , Unpublished
In re M.W.

abused and neglected juvenile; home state of the juvenile; temporary emergency jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. section 50A-204; caretaker status; preservation; N.C. Gen. Stat. section 7B-903; statutory interpretation

, Court of Appeals , COA22-175 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Pelc v. Pham

USCIS Form I-864 Affidavit of Support;
Household Size to Determine Financial Support;
Sponsored Immigrant's Income;
Quasi-Contract;
Equitable Damages;
Foreign-Money Claims Act, N.C. Gen Stat. 1C-1820-1834;
Missing Trial Transcript;
Attorney's Fees, N.C. Rev. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5;

, Court of Appeals , COA22-347 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Abrams

Permissible scope of Terry frisk; motion to suppress; armed and dangerous; reasonable suspicion; ?plain feel? doctrine; ?immediately apparent? object; probable cause.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-379 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Anderson

plain error review; Rule 403; post-arrest silence; no prejudicial error; in camera review; preservation; appellate record; motion to dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA22-184 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
State v. Bryan

Alford plea; restitution; restitution worksheet; contractual nature of plea agreement; prosecutor's statements; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec.15A-1340.36.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-628 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Cox

second-degree murder; Rule 404(b); jury instructions

, Court of Appeals , COA22-222 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Davis

1st Degree Murder;
Attempted First Degree Murder;
Arson;
Felony Murder;
Premeditation and deliberation;
Sufficiency of indictment;
Rules 401, 402, 403, 404(b);
Transferred Intent;
Prior Bad Acts;

, Court of Appeals , COA21-794 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Duncan

motion to suppress; traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; medically canceled driver's license; search incident to arrest

, Court of Appeals , COA22-48 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
State v. Graham

Dismissal of unnecessary petition for writ of certiorari; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1222 and 15A-1232; fair and clear jury instructions taken as a whole; DNA and fingerprint evidence; insufficient expert testimony under Rule 702(a)(3); no prejudicial error in admission of expert testimony; habitual breaking and entering status offense as a Class E felony; no clerical error on written judgment.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-414 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
State v. Massey

Rule 404(b) prior bad act evidence; motion to dismiss N.C.G.S. 90-108(a)(7)

, Court of Appeals , COA22-551 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Messer

Breaking or entering; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-54(a); felonious larceny; restitution award; definite and certain stipulation; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; intent to commit larceny.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-517 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Owens

Indecent liberties;
Habitual Felon;
Opening Statement;
Vouching/bolstering;
Plain Error

, Court of Appeals , COA22-513 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Thomas

Confrontation Clause; preservation; general objection

, Court of Appeals , COA22-578 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
Young v. City of Durham

minor special use permit; quasi-judicial decision; competent, material, and substantial evidence in the record; review factors; sufficient findings of fact; exclusion of witness testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA22-407 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
Askew v. City of Kinston

direct constitutional claims; administrative remedies; exhaustion; subject matter jurisdiction

, Court of Appeals , COA22-431 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
Bates v. Staples, Inc.

Affirm; N.C. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2); Rule 55; default judgment; issue preservation; summary judgment; 42 U.S.C. 1981; 42 U.S.C. 1983; state action, discrimination