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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15,820 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA19-443 (Judge Christopher Brook) , Published
State v. Hodge

validity of indictment; jurisdiction to enter sentence; no abuse of discretion granting continuance for issuance of superseding indictment

, Court of Appeals , COA19-709 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Kowalski

Misdemeanor assault on a female; preservation; limitation of cross-examination; impeachment evidence; relevance; jury instructions; invited error.

, Court of Appeals , COA19-597 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Mills

Probation, willful absconding

, Court of Appeals , COA18-1163 (Judge Christopher Brook) , Published
State v. Mitchell

foundation required for witness to testify to personal knowledge under Rule 602 of North Carolina Rules of Evidence; permissible lay opinion testimony under Rule 701 of North Carolina Rules of Evidence; cellphone technology evidence and cellphone record retention evidence; erroneous evidence of victim's good character not plain error; sufficiency of evidence to support multiple conspiracy counts

, Court of Appeals , COA19-627 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Richardson

no reversible error when trial court omitted certain verbiage from final mandate of jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter

, Court of Appeals , COA19-317 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
Mims v. Parker

Dog bite; Strict Liability; Negligence

, Court of Appeals , COA18-714 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Corbett/Martens

motion for appropriate relief; no-impeachment rule; sufficiency of the evidence; medical diagnosis or treatment exception to hearsay rule; residual exception to hearsay rule; N.C.R. Evid. 702(a); aggressor doctrine; jury instructions; prejudice

, Court of Appeals , COA18-76-2 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Dravis

Reconvening order; satellite-based monitoring; reasonable warrantless search; Fourth Amendment; sex offense crimes; sufficient evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA19-288 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Goins

Closing argument; Improper argument; Constitutional Rights; New Trial

, Court of Appeals , COA19-521 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Parker

Possession of firearm by a felon; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; habitual felon; circumstantial evidence; non-preservation of a constitutional issue; improper closing argument.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-1082 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Patterson

Plain error; Ineffective assistance of counsel; Attorney Fees

, Court of Appeals , COA19-184 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Wilson

PWISD cocaine; Sufficiency of the evidence; Intent

, Supreme Court , 159A19 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
In re C.J.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); whether findings of fact support conclusions of law on adjudication.

, Supreme Court , 172A19 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re J.H.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred in the disposition phase by finding that each of respondent-mother's children had a high probability of adoption.