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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2,713 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 52A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. McKenzie

Whether a DWI charge should be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds because of DMV's previous one-year suspension of defendant's commercial driver?s license following his arrest for DWI

, Supreme Court , 203PA12 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Pizano-Trejo

Plain error review; whether a defendant convicted of first-degree statutory sexual offense with a child under N.C.G.S. ? 14-27.4(a)(1) should have that conviction vacated because of a variance between the language in the indictment and in the trial court's instructions to the jury

, Supreme Court , 8A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Rollins

Denial of defendant's MAR following his convictions; whether the trial court abused its discretion by not holding an evidentiary hearing to consider defendant's claim that he did not receive a fair trial because of juror misconduct

, Supreme Court , 80A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Wilkes

Whether defendant's motion to dismiss one of two felony assault charges against him should have been allowed because the charges stemmed from one continuous transaction

, Supreme Court , 156A13 (Per Curiam) , Published
Walters v. Cooper

Whether plaintiff, who received a prayer for judgment continued with conditions after pleading guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery, received a final judgment making him subject to the N.C. Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program

, Supreme Court , 275PA11 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Brent

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert witness gave her opinion, based on the testing performed by a non-testifying chemical analyst, that the substance was cocaine.

, Supreme Court , 235PA10 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. Brewington

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying a substance as cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

, Supreme Court , 322PA10 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
State v. Craven

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying substances as cocaine testified to the results of chemical analyses done by non-testifying chemists

, Supreme Court , 141PA10 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Hough

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying substances as marijuana and cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

, Supreme Court , 505PA10 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Hurt

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights apply to testimony before a jury in a noncapital sentencing proceeding

, Supreme Court , 329PA11 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Ortiz-Zape

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert witness gave her opinion, based on the testing performed by a non-testifying chemical analyst, that the substance was cocaine.

, Supreme Court , 533PA10 (Justice Sarah Parker) , Published
State v. Williams

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying a substance as cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

, Supreme Court , 161A12 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Applewood Props., LLC v. New S. Props., LLC

Whether an injured person may bring a civil action against a defendant pursuant to the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973's civil relief provision when the defendant has received notices of non-compliance, but has not been charged with a violation of a relevant law, rule, order, or erosion and sedimentation control plan.

, Supreme Court , 409A12 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
Bridges v. Parrish

Whether an action based on defendants' negligent storage of a firearm used by their 52-year-old adult son to shoot plaintiff should be dismissed for failure to state a claim

, Supreme Court , 450PA12 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Duncan v. Duncan

Divorce proceedings; appeal from series of orders resolving all issues except attorney's fees; Court of Appeals' dismissal of the appeal as interlocutory