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State v. McCrary
Whether exigent circumstances justified a warrantless blood draw from an obviously impaired defendant charged with DWI; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motions to suppress evidence and to dismiss all charges.
State v. Robinson
Petition for writ of certiorari to review order granting respondent's motion for appropriate relief under N.C.G.S. 15A-2010 to -2012 (2009).
State v. Winkler
Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to traffic in opium by transportation.
Wetherington v. N.C. Dep't of Pub. Safety
Whether the Highway Patrol had just cause to terminate a trooper from employment for violating the Patrol's policy on truthfulness.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed November 6, 2015
Byrd, et al. v Franklin County
Whether a county zoning ordinance prohibits landowners from operating a commercial shooting range on their property.
In re: Judge James T. Hill
Review of recommendation for public reprimand.
Lassiter, ex rel. v North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Incorporated, et al.
Whether defendants were entitled to an award of certain fees paid in connection with the deposing of plaintiff's designated expert witnesses pursuant to N.C.G.S. 1A-1, Rule 41(d), despite the fact that the witnesses in question did not testify pursuant to a subpoena.
Morningstar Marinas/Eaton Ferry, LLC v Warren County, et al.
Appeal by a nearby property owner from a decision made by the county zoning administrator; whether that property owner was entitled to a writ of mandamus ordering that the appeal be transmitted to the county board of adjustment.
State v. Packingham
Whether N.C.G.S. 14-202.5, prohibiting all registered sex offenders from accessing commercial social networking internet sites, is constitutional on its face and as applied.
State v. Robinson
Whether unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is a lesser-included offense of felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
State v. Taylor
Whether the trial court erred when it denied defendant's pretrial motion to suppress statements made to the police; whether the initial stop or continued detention of defendant was unconstitutional; whether defendant preserved for appellate review his argument that the admission of certain statements made to the police violated his Fifth Amendment rights.
Town of Boone v State of North Carolina, et al.
Appealability of three orders of three-judge panel in Superior Court in Wake County, two entered on 29 December 2014 and one entered on 29 July 2015, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-27(a1).
Supreme Court Opinions Filed September 25, 2015
Burley v US Foods, Inc.
Workers' Compensation; Injury sustained by an employee while working out of state; Whether the N.C. Industrial Commission has subject matter jurisdiction over the employee's claim under N.C.G.S. 97-36.
High Point Bank And Trust Company v Highmark Properties, LLC
Following foreclosure, whether guarantors on a loan secured by the real property can assert a defense under N.C.G.S. 45-21.36 to reduce their individual liability for the debt or whether that defense is available only to the borrower who owned the real property used as collateral for the loan.
State v Benitez
Whether in-custody incriminating statements made by a juvenile should be suppressed as inadmissible under N.C.G.S. 7B-2101(b); whether a defendant's uncle qualifies as a guardian or custodian for purposes of that statute.
State v. Bartlett
Motion to suppress evidence; whether a judge can make findings of fact concerning evidence that the judge did not hear.
State v. Blow
Whether substantial evidence supported all three of defendant's convictions for first-degree rape of a child.
State v. Ellis
Whether an indictment charging defendant with injury to personal property was fatally defective because it did not allege that both of the alleged co-owners of the damaged property had the legal ability to own property.