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State v. Falls
permissible scope of knock and talk; officers lacked warrant or probable cause to conduct search and no exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement applied; application of exclusionary rule to fruits of the poisonous tree
State v. Gettleman
acting as an unlicensed bondsman or runner; issue preservation; motions to dismiss; State v. Golder; failure to invoke plain error review
State v. Jeminez
undocumented immigrant; motion for appropriate relief; ineffective assistance of counsel; Padilla v. Kentucky; cancellation of removal; inadmissibility; removal; prior orders
State v. Lynch
criminal defendant?s right to counsel, right to conflict-free counsel, conflict of interest arising from defense counsel?s representation of municipal police department, trial court?s duty to inquire into defense counsel?s possible conflict of interest
State v. Moore
Franks hearing; false and misleading statements; bad faith; no probable cause to issue search warrant;
State v. Osborne
Limited criminal immunity in drug overdose cases; subject matter jurisdiction vs. immunity from prosecution; waiver; plain error
State v. Robinson
writ of certiorari; factual basis for guilty plea; multiple counts of assault
State v. Tysinger
Admissibility of evidence
State v. Woods
Embezzlement, Jury Instructions
The Umstead Coal. v. RDU Airport Auth.
Legislative Grant of Authority by Charter; Open Meetings Law; Summary Judgment
United Daughters Of The Confederacy, NC Div., Inc. v. City of Winston-Salem
Rule 12(b)(1); Rule 12(b)(6); Standing; Declaratory Judgment.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed December 11, 2020
In re A.K.O. & A.S.O.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that terminating respondents' parental rights was in the best interests of the juveniles.
In re A.L.S. and M.A.W.
Appeal from an order terminating respondent-mother's parental rights; whether the evidence supports the trial court's findings of fact and whether the findings of fact support the conclusion that respondent-mother's parental rights in the juveniles should be terminated pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(6) (2019).
In re A.M.O.
Termination of parental rights; best interests; abuse of discretion standard of review; parent-child bond not a bar to termination.
In re A.P.
Termination of parental rights; no-merit brief.
In re B.E., J.E.
Termination of parental rights; probability of repetition of neglect under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); preservation of issues for appeal pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 10(a)(1); juvenile's opposition to adoption not controlling of trial court's best interests determination under N.C.G.S. 7B-1110(a).
In re C.A.H.
Whether the trial court erred in adjudicating grounds to terminate respondent's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7).
In re D.M., M.M., D.M.
Appeal from orders terminating respondent-father and respondent-mother's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (2) (2019); whether the evidence supports the findings of fact and whether the findings support the conclusion that respondents' parental rights in the children should be terminated pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).
In re J.S., J.S., J.S.
Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), (7), (9); No-merit review pursuant to Rule 3.1(e) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure.