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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2,698 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 237PA14 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Gray

Whether the trial court (1) erred in allowing the State to introduce text messages from a cell phone belonging to one of defendant's co-conspirators, and (2) committed plain error in admitting a detective's opinion testimony regarding the content of text messages among all co-conspirators.

, Supreme Court , 49A15 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Pendergraft

Whether an indictment charging defendant with obtaining property by false pretenses was fatally defective because it failed to state the alleged false representation made by defendant.

, Supreme Court , 332PA14 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Perkins

Whether defendant must testify in order to preserve an in limine objection to impeachment by prior conviction; whether prior record level is reviewable after defendant's stipulation.

, Supreme Court , 1A15 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Taylor

Whether the trial court committed plain error by admitting testimony from a detective that vouched for the credibility of the alleged victim.

, Supreme Court , 277A13 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Ussery v Branch Banking And Trust

Trial court's grant of summary judgment for defendant on plaintiffs' action seeking cancellation of a promissory note; whether defendant is entitled to judgment on the indebtedness.

, Supreme Court , 410A14 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
In re Burke

Appeal from decision of N.C. Board of Bar Examiners denying petitioner's application to take the N.C. bar exam.

, Supreme Court , 186PA14 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re R.R.N.

Adjudication of abuse and neglect of a juvenile resulting from alleged sexual abuse by the child's caretaker; interpretation of definition of caretaker in the Juvenile Code.

, Supreme Court , 101PA14 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
LexisNexis Risk Data Mgmt., Inc. v. N.C. AOC

Whether ACIS, a database maintained and controlled by AOC but totally composed of data entered by county clerks of court, is a public record; whether AOC is the custodian of ACIS.

, Supreme Court , 47PA14 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. McKinney

Motion to suppress evidence; whether probable cause existed to issue a search warrant for defendant's residence.

, Supreme Court , 343PA14 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Triplett

Whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in denying defendant's requests to introduce evidence that might show bias by a key witness against him.

, Supreme Court , 124PA14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
State v. Young

Whether, in defendant's second criminal trial, the trial court committed prejudicial error by admitting evidence concerning civil complaints that had been filed and a civil judgment that had been entered against defendant; N.C.G.S. 1-149

, Supreme Court , 372A14 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
Hart v. State

Whether the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides educational scholarships to eligible children in lower-income families to attend non-public schools, violates the North Carolina Constitution.

, Supreme Court , 384A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
Richardson v. State

Whether the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides educational scholarships to eligible children in lower-income families to attend non-public schools, violates the North Carolina Constitution.

, Supreme Court , 373A14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
Cape Fear River Watch v N.C. Envtl. Mgmt. Comm'n

Whether appeal from an administrative agency's order on petition for judicial review of EMC's declaratory ruling interpreting application of groundwater protection rules to power plant coal ash ponds that received initial permits to operate before 1984 should be dismissed for mootness.

, Supreme Court , 280A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re J.C.

Disposition order setting conditions for mother's visitation with minor children under N.C.G.S. 7B-905.1; whether the trial court erred in imposing costs of supervised visitation on the mother without first determining the mother's ability to pay those costs

, Supreme Court , 457A14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
In re T.L.H.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to hold a hearing to inquire whether a GAL should be appointed to represent the mother pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1101.1(c)