Appellate Court Opinions
Search Case Summaries / Headnotes.
View PDF Volumes.
2,713 Appellate Court Opinions
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
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
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
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
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 Opinions Filed August 28, 2013
Bumpers v. Cmty. Bank of N. Va.
Whether alleged overcharges for second mortgage loans violate N.C.G.S. ? 75-1.1
HCW Ret. & Fin. Servs., LLC v. HCW Emp. Benefit Servs., LLC
Whether defendants waived their right to compel arbitration of claims by engaging in discovery not authorized by an arbitrator
Supreme Court Opinions Filed June 27, 2013
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.
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
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
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
State v. Hurt
Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights apply to testimony before a jury in a noncapital sentencing proceeding
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.
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 Opinions Filed June 13, 2013
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.
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
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