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State v. Dunston
Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to survive defendant's motion to dismiss a charge of maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping or selling a controlled substance.
State v. James
Following defendant's conviction for committing first-degree murder when he was a juvenile, defendant was mandatorily sentenced to life imprisonment without parole; after U.S. Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama that sentences such as defendant's are unconstitutional, the trial court held a resentencing hearing and imposed another sentence of life without parole; whether the resentencing statutes enacted in response to Miller (N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.19A to -1340.19D) are unconstitutional.
State v. Reed
Whether the State presented sufficient evidence of misdemeanor child abuse and contributing to the neglect of a juvenile to survive defendant's motion to dismiss; whether the trial court committed plain error in failing to intervene ex mero motu during the State's closing arguments because of the State's alleged misuse of properly admitted Rule 404(b) evidence.
State v. Varner
Whether the trial court erred in refusing defendant's request to give a jury instruction defining 'moderate punishment' at his trial for physically abusing his minor son.
State v. Yisrael
Appeal from defendant's conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to sell or deliver; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence.
Swan Beach Corolla, L.L.C. v. County of Currituck
Declaratory judgment action by landowners to establish their vested rights to develop their property as originally shown in a plat approved by defendants and filed with the Register of Deeds; whether the trial court erred by denying defendants' motion to set aside entry of default and by entering default judgment for plaintiffs.
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed May 1, 2018
Court of Appeals Unpublished Opinions Filed May 1, 2018
Abdeljabar v. Khalil
Equitable Distribution; Findings of Fact; Fraudulent Transfer; Distributive Award
Averitt v. Averitt
Summary judgment; fraud; constructive fraud
Dyer v. Roten
Custody
Grodensky v. McLendon
Medical malpractice; Causation; Expert
Hogue v. Cruz
summary judgment, apparent authority
Holcombe v. Oak Island Aircraft Hous., LLC
Summary Judgment; Estoppel; Default; Attorney's Fees
Hopper v. Lakeside Mills, Inc.
Industrial Commission Rule 701; Form 44; Motion to dismiss
In re: I.G.M.
Termination of parental rights; incarceration and likelihood of future neglect
In re: X.M.C. & S.M.H-C.
Termination of parental rights; Relative placement
In re: E.J.B.
Abatement; Preservation.
In re: I.W.P.
Juvenile delinquency; Disorderly conduct; Sufficiency of the evidence; Section 7B-2411; Section 7B-2501(c); Delegation of authority.
In re: S.W.
Termination of parental rights; failure to make reasonable progress; failure to pay reasonable cost of car; abandonment; insufficient findings of fact as to willfulness for each gound