Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

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35,415 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA24-135 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Bethea

lay witness testimony; identification; surveillance footage; plain error review

, Court of Appeals , COA24-257 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Bishop

Sufficiency of evidence of intent to sell or distribute controlled substance; rule 404(b) character evidence used for purpose of establishing case circumstances, not for propensity; invited error

, Court of Appeals , COA24-195 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Brasier

continuance; no structural error; jury instruction; failure to instruct the jury; no plain error; knowledge of controlled substance; trafficking by possession

, Court of Appeals , COA24-197 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Brown

post-conviction DNA testing, post-conviction DNA preservation, destruction of DNA evidence, due process violation, bad faith requirement, N.C.G.S.15A-268

, Court of Appeals , COA24-261 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Brown

Statutory sex offense;
Statutory rape;
Indecent liberties;
Hearsay;
Statements for Medical Treatment;
Rule of Evidence 803(4);
Failure to Object;
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel;

, Court of Appeals , COA24-321 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Brown

attempted second-degree rape; first-degree burglary; plain error review; deceased victim’s statements as substantive evidence; hearsay; past recorded recollections; biometric evidence; invited error; overwhelming evidence of guilt

, Court of Appeals , COA23-944 (Judge Fred Gore) , Published
State v. Burnett

motion to suppress; constitutionality of a vehicle search; K-9 unit; length of the traffic stop

, Court of Appeals , COA23-1057 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Chambers

drug possession; drug transportation; trafficking in cocaine; reasonable suspicion; no ineffective assistance of counsel; no error

, Court of Appeals , COA23-1133 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Clark

confrontation clause, testimonial, substitute analyst, lab report

, Court of Appeals , COA24-178 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Cooper

motion to suppress evidence; traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; vehicle search; extension of traffic stop; request to search; consent to search

, Court of Appeals , COA24-4 (Judge Julee Flood) , Unpublished
State v. Eskridge

possession of a firearm by a felon, habitual felon status, admissibility of testimony, lay opinion testimony, law enforcement officer testimony, prejudice, ineffective assistance of counsel, IAC, cumulative error, plain error.

, Court of Appeals , COA24-89 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Faggart

habitual felon status; guilty plea; no statutory right to appeal

, Court of Appeals , COA23-1036 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Galarza-Rodriguez

possession of a firearm by a felon; cross-examination about prior convictions; N.C. R. Evid. 609(a); plain error review

, Court of Appeals , COA23-544 (Judge Michael Stading) , Published
State v. Garmon

motion to dismiss; habitual felon; indictment; error; keeping; kept; storage; drugs; maintain; motion for appropriate relief; mar; controlled substances; vehicle; backpack; bookbag;

, Court of Appeals , COA24-26 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Grant

Sufficiency of evidence to prove identity; proper jury instruction on acting in concert; ex mero motu intervention; ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA24-196 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Greene

driving while impaired; motion to suppress; probable cause

, Court of Appeals , COA24-225 (Per Curiam) , Unpublished
State v. Henderson

closing argument, grossly improper, trafficking in cocaine

, Court of Appeals , COA24-52 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Hoggard

possession of a firearm by a felon; resisting a public officer; jury instruction; defense of necessity; justification defense; ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA24-198 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Holland

Sufficiency of the evidence; fatal variance; sex acts with a student; date or time of the offense; time not of the essence of the offense

, Court of Appeals , COA23-1066 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Hunt

Hearsay; plain error; clerical error